Abstract
Abstract
The classical nova, AT 2023prq, was discovered on 2023 August 15 and is located at a distance of 46 kpc from the Andromeda galaxy (M31). Here we report photometry and spectroscopy of the nova. The “very fast” (
t
2
,
r
′
∼
3.4
days) and low luminosity (
M
r
′
∼
−
7.6
) nature of the transient along with the helium in its spectra would indicate that AT 2023prq is a “faint-and-fast” He/N nova. Additionally, at such a large distance from the center of M31, AT 2023prq is a member of the halo nova population.
Funder
UKRI ∣ Science and Technology Facilities Council
Publisher
American Astronomical Society