Extragalactic Novae - 2009

Much of this data comes from IAU Circulars and occasionally more data will be provided on IAU's Astronomical Headlines page. CBET now has an M31 novae page An archive of the 2009 updates to this page is available.

SNWeb is now collecting observations on extragalactic novae.   Due to the large number of Extragalactic Novae announced in 2003 I have decided to give these novae their own page. That way you don't need to hunt through the main page or the 2009 supernova archive to find them.   Announced Extragalactic Novae will have a link on the main page that points to this one.   Please note that I do not keep track of galactic novae.  

For current Novae, please see the main Extragalactic Novae page

Nova M31 2009-06b, ATEL 2105, discovered 2009/06/30.045 by Wolfgang Pietsch et. el.
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m10s.36, Decl. = +41°12'19".9
  • Located 383" west and 229" south of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Discovery image) (Fujio Kabashima image)
  • Mag 17.7, Extragalactic Nova (References: CBAT M31 page)

    • Nova M31 2009-06c, ATEL 2090, discovered 2009/06/21.019 by University of Sofia
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m33s.92, Decl. = +41°15'52".9
  • Located 117" west and 15.6" south of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Discovery image)
  • Mag 21.28 (18.66), Extragalactic Nova

    • Nova M31 2009-06a, unnanounced, discovered 2009/06/15.7232 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h45m45s.83, Decl. = +41°59'59".9
  • Located 2046" east and 2589" north of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Fujio Kabashima image)
  • Mag 17.4, Extragalactic Nova (References: CBAT M31 page)

    • 2 possible extragalactic novae ATEL 2056 in NGC 4461 and M89.

    Nova M31 2009-05b, unnanounced, discovered 2009/05/17.069 by Kamil Hornoch
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m33s.98, Decl. = +41°10'55".9
  • Located 116.7" west and 312.6" south of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Discovery image)
  • Mag 18.3, Extragalactic Nova (References: ATEL 2165 CBAT M31 page)

    • Nova M31 2009-05a, unnanounced, discovered 2009/05/17.069 by Kamil Hornoch
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m45s.04, Decl. = +41°15'21".2
  • Located 8.1" east and 47.3" south of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Discovery image)
  • Mag 17.6, Extragalactic Nova (References: ATEL 2090, 2165 CBAT M31 page)

    • Nova LMC 2009 2, IAUC 9042 discovered 2009/05/04.994 by W. Liller
  • Found in LMC at R.A. = 5h31m26s.42, Decl. = -67°05'39".4
  • Located near the center of LMC
  • Mag 12.1, Extragalactic Nova

    • 4 nova candidates, Coma and Virgo Exploration for Transients, ATEL 2031, in M84, M60, and M87.
    Nova in NGC 2403, P60-Fast Transients In Nearby Galaxies (PDF) ATEL 1984, Mag 20.6
    3 nova candidates, Coma and Virgo Exploration for Transients, ATEL 1967, in NGC 4526, NGC 4459, and M60.
    1 nova candidate, Coma and Virgo Exploration for Transients, ATEL 1936, (COVET-090219A in M60)

    Nova M31 2009-02b, ATEL 1935, discovered 2009/02/20.13 by Wolfgang Pietsch
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m27s.77, Decl. = +41°13'42.4"
  • Located 3'7" west and 2'27" south of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Discovery image)
  • Mag 18.5 (18.0), Extragalactic Nova (References: ATEL 2274; CBAT M31 page)

    • Nova M81 2009-02a, ATEL 1934 discovered 2009/02/13.404 by P60-Fast Transients In Nearby Galaxies (PDF)
  • Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m35s.96, Decl. = +69°01'51".0
  • Located 15" east and 124" south of the center of NGC 3031 (= M81)
  • Mag 21.5 (20.1), Extragalactic Nova

    • Nova LMC 2009, IAUC 9019 discovered 2009/02/05.067 by W. Liller
  • Found in LMC at R.A. = 05h40m44s.20, Decl. = -66°40'11".6
  • Located 17' west and 3° north of the center of LMC (Joseph Brimacombe image)
  • Mag 11.8 (2/5:10.6), Extragalactic (Recurrent?) Nova (References: ATEL 1930, IAUC 9024, ATEL 2001, 2025)

    • Nova M31 2009-02a, ATEL 1927, discovered 2009/02/06.429 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima; E. Ovcharov et al.
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h43m43s.85, Decl. = +41°36'39.9"
  • Located 670" east and 1230" north of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Nishiyama discovery image)
  • Mag 16.8, Extragalactic Fe II Nova (References: ATEL 1928, CBAT M31 page)

    • Nova M31 2009-01a, ATEL 1924, discovered 2009/01/28.422 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima
  • Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h44m44s.03, Decl. = +41°23'28".3
  • Located 1350" east and 440" north of the center of NGC 224 (= M31) (Discovery image)
  • Mag 19.4, Extragalactic Fe II Nova (References: CBAT M31 page)

    • Nova M33 2009-01a, CBET 1659 discovered 2009/01/07.54 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima
  • Found in M33 at R.A. = 01h33m40s.42, Decl. = +30°25'42".1
  • Located 136" west and 835" south of the center of NGC 598 (= M33) (Discovery image)
  • Mag 17.8, Extragalactic He/N Nova (References: ATEL 1900)

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