Extragalactic Novae

Extragalactic Novae - 2012

Much of this data comes from IAU Circulars and occasionally more data will be provided on IAU's Astronomical Headlines page. An archive of the 2012 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 2012 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

What happened to Nova M31 2012-10a? It was not confirmed, so it wound up in the Boneyard

Nova M31 2012-12b? (= PNV J00461912+4144364), ATEL 4680 discovered 2012/12/26.486 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h46m19s.12, Decl. = +41°44'36".4
Located 2422" east and 1708" north of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (T. Noguchi image) (T. Yusa image)
Mag 16.6:12/28, Type FeII (References: ATEL 4683 CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-12a? (= PNV J00424912+4117027), ATEL 4653 discovered 2012/12/13.685 by Kamil Hornoch and Adrian Galad
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m49s.12, Decl. = +41°17'02".7
Located 54".1 east and 54".2 north of the center of M31 (Discovery image (mirror))
Mag 18.5:12/16, Type FeII nova (References: ATEL 4658, ATEL 4757, ATEL 4988, CBAT TOCP)

Nova M81 2012-12a? (= PNV J09555177+6902549), ATEL 4630 discovered 2012/12/09.179 by Kamil Hornoch
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m51s.77, Decl. = +69°02'54".9
Located 99".7 east and 60".2 south of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 20.3:12/9, Type unknown (References: CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-10b? (= TCP J00452884+4154095) (= Nova M31 2008-12a),

Nova M81 2012-09b? (= PNV J09553556+6904271), ATEL 4462 discovered 2012/09/28.233 by Kamil Hornoch et al.
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m35s.56, Decl. = +69°04'27".1
Located 13" east and 32" north of the center of M81 (Discovery image (mirror))
Mag 20.1:9/28, Type unknown (References: ATEL 4757, CBAT TOCP)

Nova M81 2012-09a? (= PNV J09551009+6903254), ATEL 4462 discovered 2012/09/28.233 by Kamil Hornoch et al.
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m10s.09, Decl. = +69°03'25".4
Located 124" west and 30" south of the center of M81 (Discovery image (mirror))
Mag 19.0:9/28, Type unknown (References: ATEL 4757, CBAT TOCP)

Nova M33 2012-10a? (= PNV J01325723+3024260), CBET 3250 discovered 2012/10/06.661 by ROTSE collaboration; Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima
Found in M33 at R.A. = 01h32m57s.23, Decl. = +30°24'26".0
Located 693" west and 911" south of the center of M33 (Nishiyama discovery image) (ROTSE image) (Joel Nicolas image) (Marc Serrau image) (Marc Serrau image) (Marc Serrau image) (Marc Serrau image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 17.4:10/12, (15.8:10/4) Type FeII nova (References: ATEL 4464, CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-09b? (= PNV J00425104+4114102), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/09/17.781 by Kamil Hornoch
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m51s.04, Decl. = +41°14'10".2
Located 75".7 east and 118".3 south of the center of M31 (Kamil Hornoch image) (Kamil Hornoch image) (Z. Jin, X. Gao image) (Massimiliano Martignoni image)
Mag 17.2:9/20 (15.6:9/17), Type FeIIb (References: ATEL 4384, ATEL 4391)

Nova M31 2012-09a? (= PNV J00424720+4116195), ATEL 4364 discovered 2012/09/08.770 by Kamil Hornoch and Jan Vrastil
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m47s.20, Decl. = +41°16'19".5
Located 32".4 east and 11".0 north of the center of M31 (Discovery image (mirror) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 16.9:9/10 (16.3:9/8), Type FeIIb (References: CBAT TOCP, ATEL 4368)

Nova M33 2012-08b? (= PNV J01330147+3033361), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/08/16.480 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search
Found in M33 at R.A. = 01h33m01s.47, Decl. = +30°33'36".1
Located 638" west and 361" south of the center of M33 (Massey image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Thomas Langhans image)
Mag 18.7:8/16, Type LPV (References: ATEL 4341)

Nova M33 2012-08a? (= PNV J01325510+3047283) (= PNV J01325514+3047283), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/08/16.480 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search
Found in M33 at R.A. = 01h32m55s.10, Decl. = +30°47'28".3
Located 709" west and 471" north of the center of M33 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (K. Hornoch image) (Thomas Langhans image (wide field)) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Thomas Langhans image) (Discovery image)
Mag 18.4:9/8, Type LPV (Long Period Variable) (References: ATEL 4314, ATEL 4315, PNV J01325514+3047283)

Nova M31 2012-08a? (= PNV J00425909+4116118), ATEL 4301 discovered 2012/08/09.088 by Kamil Hornoch and Peter Kusnirak
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m59s.09, Decl. = +41°16'11".8
Located 166".5 east and 3".3 north of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (C Thomas Langhans image)
Mag 17.2:8/9, Type unknown (References: CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-07c? (= PNV J00423991+4126573) (= PTF12guq), ATEL 4266 discovered 2012/07/18.988 by Kamil Hornoch
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m39s.91, Decl. = +41°26'57".3
Located 49".7 west and 648".8 north of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Nick James image)
Mag 18.1:7/21 (18.0:7/18), Type FeII (References: ATEL 4270 CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-07b? (= PNV J00422371+4110142), ATEL 4259 discovered 2012/07/16.028 by Kamil Hornoch
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m23s.71, Decl. = +41°10'14".2
Located 232".6 west and 354".3 south of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Kamil Hornoch image)
Mag 18.3:7/16, Type Extragalactic Nova (References: ATEL 4270, ATEL 4757, CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-07a? (= PTF12gnd), ATEL 4244 discovered 2012/07/07.390 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h41m33s.95, Decl. = +41°08'06".3
Located 793" west and 483" south of the center of M31 (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 20.2:7/7, Type FeII (References: ATEL 4291)

Nova M31 2012-06g? (= PNV J00424220+4113016), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/06/26.753 by Koichi Itagaki
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m42s.20, Decl. = +41°13'01".6
Located 24" west and 187" south of the center of M31 (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Discovery image) (K. Itagaki image)
Mag 17.4:6/26, Type He/N (References: ATEL 4256, ATEL 4281)

Nova M31 2012-06f? (= PNV J00423707+4122160) (= PTF12fyz), ATEL 4205 discovered 2012/06/23.035 by Kamil Hornoch
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m37s.07, Decl. = +41°22'16".0
Located 81".7 west and 367".5 north of the center of M31 (Discovery image (mirror)) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 18.6:6/23, Type FeII (References: ATEL 4216 CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-06e? (= PTF12flx) (= PNV J00420505+4115482), ATEL 4193 discovered 2012/06/14.390 by Palomar Transient Factory; K. Hornoch
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m05s.09, Decl. = +41°15'48".1
Located 442".8 west and 20".3 south of the center of M31 (K. Hornoch image)
Mag 19.1:6/14, Type FeII (References: CBAT TOCP ATEL 4194 ATEL 4196)

Nova M31 2012-06d? (= PTF12fdt), ATEL 4193 discovered 2012/06/08.400 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h38m56s.60, Decl. = +40°29'49".8
Located 2567".4 west and 2779".2 south of the center of M31
Mag 19.4:6/8, Type FeII

Nova M31 2012-06b? (= PTF12fdn), ATEL 4193 discovered 2012/06/06.460 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h40m23s.22, Decl. = +40°36'10".3
Located 1590".6 west and 2393".4 south of the center of M31
Mag 19.8:6/6, Type FeII

Nova M31 2012-06c? (= PTF12fdo), ATEL 4193 discovered 2012/06/07.410 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h45m09s.79, Decl. = +41°40'50".6
Located 1640".4 east and 1481".4 north of the center of M31
Mag 17.7:6/7, Type FeII (References: ATEL 8825)

Nova M81 2012-05b? (= PNV J09553273+6902173), ATEL 4129 discovered 2012/05/22.901 by Kamil Hornoch et al.
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m32s.73, Decl. = +69°02'17".3
Located 2".4 west and 97".8 south of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 19.7:5/22, Type unknown (References: CBAT TOCP)

Nova M81 2012-05a? (= PNV J09552271+6903162), ATEL 4129 discovered 2012/05/22.901 by Kamil Hornoch et al.
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m22s.71, Decl. = +69°03'16".2
Located 56".1 west and 38".9 south of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 19.6:5/22, Type unknown (References: CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-05e? (= PTF12ejs), discovered 2012/05/12.490 by Palomar Transient Factory ATEL 4127
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h44m12s.29, Decl. = +41°00'50".5
Located 0" east and 0" north of the center of M31 (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Joseph Brimacombe image (wide field)) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 19.1:6/14 (18.4:5/12), Type FeII

Nova M31 2012-05d? (= PNV J00413185+4108320), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/05/05.062 by Kamil Hornoch, Jan Vrastil and Petra Hornochova
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h41m31s.85, Decl. = +41°08'32".0
Located 817".9 west and 456".5 south of the center of M31 (Discovery image)
Mag 18.9:5/5, Type unknown (References: ATEL 4096, ATEL 4181)

Nova M31 2012-05c? (= PNV J00423149+4126138), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/05/05.062 by Kamil Hornoch, Jan Vrastil and Petra Hornochova
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m31s.49, Decl. = +41°26'13".8
Located 144".5 west and 605".3 north of the center of M31 (Discovery image)
Mag 17.4:5/5, Type unknown (References: ATEL 4096, ATEL 4181, ATEL 4511)

Nova M31 2012-05b? (= PNV J00423272+4115373), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/05/05.079 by Kamil Hornoch, Jan Vrastil and Petra Hornochova
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m32s.72, Decl. = +41°15'37".3
Located 130".8 west and 31".2 south of the center of M31 (Discovery image)
Mag 18.1:5/5, Type unknown (References: ATEL 4096, ATEL 4181, ATEL 4281)

Nova M31 2012-05a? (= PNV J00425927+4118146), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/05/04.800 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima; Kamil Hornoch, Jan Vrastil and Petra Hornochova
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m59s.27, Decl. = +41°18'14".6
Located 168".5 east and 126".1 north of the center of M31 (Hornoch discovery image) (Nishiyama discovery image)
Mag 16.6:5/5, Type unknown (References: ATEL 4096, ATEL 4181, ATEL 4281)

Nova M81 2012-04b? (= PTF12cxy), ATEL 4074 discovered 2012/04/16.150 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h56m22s.86, Decl. = +69°07'35".3
Located 266" east and 220" north of the center of M81 (Kamil Hornoch image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag > 21.0:4/29 (19.7:4/16), Type FeII

Nova M81 2012-04a? (= PTF12cwl), ATEL 4074 discovered 2012/04/09.310 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h54m47s.38, Decl. = +69°04'41".7
Located 246" west and 47" north of the center of M81 (Kamil Hornoch image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag > 21.0:4/29 (19.6:4/9), Type He/N

HDE 269006 (= R71) (= IRAS 05027-7124), CBET 3192 discovered 2012/04/02 by Carnegie Observatories (Discovery of outburst)
Found in LMC at R.A. = 05h02m07s.39, Decl. = -71°20'13".1
Located 6776".0 west and 8708".9 south of the center of LMC (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 7.1:8/10 (7.0:8/2), Type LBV (References: AAVSO Special Notice #291) (AAVSO light curve)

Nova LMC 2012 (= Nova LMC 2012-03a?) (= TCP J04550000-7027150), CBET 3071 discovered 2012/03/26.397 by John Seach
Found in LMC at R.A. = 04h55m00s.00, Decl. = -70°27'15".0
Located 9260" west and 4687" south of the center of LMC (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 15.7:4/15 (10.5:3/27), Type N/He nova (References: ATEL 4002, ATEL 4043, ATEL 4092, ATEL 4106, ATEL 4116, AAVSO special noticd 270, AAVSO special noticd 271; CBAT TOCP)

Nova M31 2012-03c? (= PNV J00422292+4104165), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/03/17.768 by Kamil Hornoch and J. Vrastil
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m22s.92, Decl. = +41°04'16".5
Located 241".7 west and 712".0 south of the center of M31 (Discovery image (mirror))
Mag 16.5:3/18, Type unknown (References: ATEL 3987, ATEL 4181)

Nova M31 2012-03b? (= PNV J00422773+4108136), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/03/16.763 by Kamil Hornoch and J. Vrastil
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m27s.73, Decl. = +41°08'13".6
Located 187".3 west and 474".9 south of the center of M31 (Discovery image)
Mag 18.9:3/16, Type unknown (References: ATEL 3976, ATEL 3987, ATEL 4181, ATEL 4281)

Nova M31 2012-03a? (= PNV J00433417+4125078), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/03/09.431 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h43m34s.17, Decl. = +41°25'07".8
Located 562" east and 539" north of the center of M31 (Discovery image)
Mag 16.3:3/9, Type unknown (References: ATEL 4181)

Nova M31 2012-02c? (= PNV J00432407+4119237), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/02/19.558 by Zhijian Xu and Xing Gao
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h43m24s.07, Decl. = +41°19'23".7
Located 448" east and 195" north of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (Zhijian Xu and Xing Gao image) (Kamil Hornoch image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 18.0:2/19, Type unknown

Nova M33 2012-02a? (= PNV J01331124+3040104), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/02/19.451 by Koichi Itagaki
Found in M33 at R.A. = 01h33m11s.24, Decl. = +30°40'10".4
Located 512" west and 34" north of the center of M33 (Discovery image) (T. Yusa image) (T. Noguchi image) (Z. Xu and X. Gao image) (Kamil Hornoch image) (Joseph Brimacombe image (wide field))
Mag 17.8:2/22 (16.0:2/19), Type unknown

Nova M31 2012-02b? (= PNV J00400767+4046125), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/02/15.803 by M. Henze, W. Pietsch, V. Burwitz
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h40m07s.67, Decl. = +40°46'12".5
Located 1780" west and 1797" south of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (Kamil Hornoch image) (Joseph Brimacombe image (wide field)) (Joseph Brimacombe image (wide field)) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 18.9:2/27 (16.3:2/20), Type unknown (References: ATEL 3932)

Nova M31 2012-02a? (= PTF12ahb), ATEL 3905 discovered 2012/02/01.117 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h41m46s.70, Decl. = +40°15'06".1
Located 654".6 east and 3602".4 south of the center of M31 (Kamil Hornoch image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 18.5:2/12, Type FeII (References: ATEL 3912, 3920)

Nova M31 2012-01c? (= PNV J00424483+4116299), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/01/27.774 by Stanislav Korotkiy and Vladimir Gerke
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m44s.83, Decl. = +41°16'29".9
Located 6" west and 21" north of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 20.4:1/27, Type unknown

Nova M31 2012-01b (= PNV J00423804+4108417) (= Nova M32 1923-12c), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/01/21.419 by Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h42m38s.04, Decl. = +41°08'41".7
Located 71" west and 447" south of the center of M31 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image) (Kamil Hornoch image)
Mag 17.1:1/21, Type He/N (References: ATEL 3877, ATEL 3914)

Nova M81 2012-01e? (= PNV J09553560+6904154), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/01/09.102 by Kamil Hornoch and Brigitta Sipocz
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m35s.60, Decl. = +69°04'15".4
Located 13".0 east and 20".3 north of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 20.1:1/9, Type unknown (References: ATEL 3871, 3888)

Nova M81 2012-01d? (= PNV J09553792+6902498), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/01/09.102 by Kamil Hornoch and Brigitta Sipocz
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m37s.92, Decl. = +69°02'49".8
Located 25".5 east and 65".3 south of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 20.5:1/9, Type unknown (References: ATEL 3871, 3888)

Nova M81 2012-01c? (= PNV J09555778+6902041), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/01/09.102 by Kamil Hornoch and Brigitta Sipocz
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m57s.78, Decl. = +69°02'04".1
Located 132".0 east and 111".0 south of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 20.5:1/9, Type unknown (References: ATEL 3871, 3888)

Nova M81 2012-01b? (= PNV J09555380+6903383), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/01/09.102 by Kamil Hornoch and Brigitta Sipocz
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m53s.80, Decl. = +69°03'38".3
Located 110".6 east and 16".8 south of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 19.3:1/9, Type unknown (References: ATEL 3871, 3888)

Nova M81 2012-01a? (= PNV J09553278+6902139), CBAT TOCP discovered 2012/01/09.102 by Kamil Hornoch and Brigitta Sipocz
Found in M81 at R.A. = 09h55m32s.78, Decl. = +69°02'13".9
Located 2".1 west and 101".2 south of the center of M81 (Discovery image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 19.3:1/9, Type unknown (References: ATEL 3871, 3888)

Nova M31 2012-01a? (= PTF12js), ATEL 3846 discovered 2012/01/05.140 by Palomar Transient Factory
Found in M31 at R.A. = 00h41m41s.00, Decl. = +41°19'43".7
Located 713".6 west and 215".2 north of the center of M31 (Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima image) (Joseph Brimacombe image)
Mag 18.4:1/7, Type FeII (References: ATEL 3850, ATEL 3851)

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