Optical Photometric Observations of M31N 2008-12a: Pre- and Post-maximum of the 2016 Eruption

We report additional multicolor photometry of the 2016 outburst of the remarkable recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a (ATel #9848, #9852, #9853, #9857, #9861, #9864, #9865, #9872, #9874, #9881 see Darnley et al. 2014, 2015, 2016 and Henze et al. 2014, 2015a, 2015b for comprehensive multi-wavelength light curves of previous eruptions).