AAVSO Special Notice #259: Possible bright transient in the region of M31

October 19, 2011: Ovcharov et al. announced the detection of a bright transient in the region of M31 in ATEL #3691 (2011 October 19).  They detected an object at R=10.95 on 2011 October 19.818. We are aware of no other confirming observations.

The object is at the following (J2000) coordinates:

RA: 00 44 55.27  Dec: +41 30 58.5

We note that this object is coincident with the blue source LGGS J004455.24+413059.7. Both visual and instrumental follow-up observations are strongly encouraged.

This AAVSO Special Notice was prepared by M. Templeton.

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