Discovery of Two New Eruptions of the Ultrashort Recurrence Time Nova
M31N 2017-01e
Discovery of Two New Eruptions of the Ultrashort Recurrence Time Nova
M31N 2017-01e
We report the recent discovery of two new eruptions of the recurrent nova M31N 2017-01e in the Andromeda galaxy. The latest eruption, M31N 2024-08c, reached $R=17.8$ on 2024 August 06.85 UT, $\sim2$ months earlier than predicted. In addition to this recent eruption, a search of archival PTF data has revealed …