Nova in M31 = M31N 2013-10a = Pnv J00432422+4118192

Further to CBET 3664, A. Bigley, K. Fuller, K. Hayakawa, W. Zheng, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley; and S. B. Cenko, Goddard Space Flight Center, report the LOSS discovery of a nova (mag 19.1) in M31 on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Oct. 3.31 UT; the new object is locate at R.A. = 0h43m24s.22, Decl. = +41d18'19".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 450" east and 130" north of the center of the galaxy. Additional approximate KAIT magnitudes for the nova: Sept. 30.3, [19.7; Oct. 5.3, 18.5; 6.3, 18.6. A finding chart was posted at the following website URL http://astro.berkeley.edu/~zwk/findingchart/PNV_J00432422+41181915.jpg. The variable was designated PNV J00432422+4118192 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated M31N 2013-10a based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. W. Zheng, P. L. Kelly, M. L. Graham, K. I. Clubb, O. Fox, B. E. Tucker, I. Shivvers, and A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley; and S. B. Cenko, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, report that PNV J00432422+4118192 is an "Fe II" spectroscopic-class nova. A CCD spectrogram (range 450-960 nm), obtained with the 10-m Keck II telescope (+ DEIMOS spectrograph) on Oct. 8 UT, exhibits a blue continuum with strong H-alpha and H-beta emission lines superposed, along with several Fe II emission lines.