COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U. INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS NUMBER 622 Konkoly Observatory Budapest 1972 February 3 NOVAE IN M 31 DISCOVERED AND OBSERVED AT ASIAGO FROM 1963 TO 1970 Since 1953 a survey for novae in the galaxy M 31 has been carried out with the 122 cm telescope of the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory. Magnitudes, positions and light-curves of 46 novae discovered by the writer from 1953 to 1963 have been published some years ago in the Annales d'Astrophysique 27, 5, 1964. The present communication reports a list of other 44 novae found at Asiago from 1963 to 1970. Two of the objects may be recurrent novae, having had two different maxima in the course of a few years. The following Table I gives: Asiago serial number; approximate X and Y coordinates, measured from the centre along the two axes of M 31 (the X axis having the direction NE-SW, positive towards NE); date of discovery; observed maximum (pg); estimated maximum; epoch; velocity of decline (the average rate, in magnitudes per day, employed by the nova to drop two magnitudes below maximum). Some of the novae have been independently discovered by Borngen (A.N. 291, 19, 1969) and by Sharov and Alknis (Astr. Circ. No. 507, 514, 560; 1969). References are given in the Notes to Table I. Observations and light curves of the new novae, identification charts and discussion will be reported in a forthcoming paper. L. ROSINO Asiago Astrophysical Observatory Notes to Table I: 1.- Nova 48 coincides with Nova 79. Very rapid decline. Recurrent nova? 2.- Borngen N.8. 3.- Borngen N.9. 4.- Borngen N.10. 5.- Borngen N.12. 6.- Borngen N.14. 7.- Borngen N.15. 8.- Coincides with N. 81. Foreground U Gem variable or recurrent nova? 9.- Borngen N.18. 10.- Borngen N.20. 11.- Borngen N.22. 12.- Borngen N.25. 13.- See Note 1. 14.- Sharov N.1. 15.- See Note 8. 16.- Sharov N.6. 17.- Sharov N.7. Tale I Novae in M 31 discovered at Asiago from 1963 to 1970. Obs. Rate Nova X Y Date of Max. Est. Epoch of discovery (pg) Max. decline 47 + 9'.8 + 3',8 1963 Sep 14 17.2 15.0 Sep 10 48 - 4.7 + 7.1 " 17 17.8 17.8 " 15 1 49 -27.0 - 6.1 Oct 17 16.5 16.35 Oct 7 0^d.09 2 50 + 7.6 - 0.4 " 23 16.95 16.8 " 21 3 51 -10.2 + 1.6 Dec 11 16.3 16.3 Dec 12 4 52 + 2.0 - 0.7 1964 Jan 4 16.25 16.25 Jan 4 .125 53 - 5.8 - 2.9 " 4 16.95 16.95 " 6 .04 54 + 1.3 - 0.7 Aug 7 16.4 16.25 Aug 6 .044 55 + 3.8 - 5.1 " 13 17.3 17.3 " 7 .04 56 + 1.1 - 0.1 Oct 7 17.1 - - 5 57 - 0.1 + 1.5 Nov 6 14.95 14.95 Nov 7 .22 6 58 + 1.5 + 0.9 Dec 13 16.6: 16.5 Dec 15 .15 59 - 4.8 + 2.0 " 24 17.3 17.3 Nov 2 60 - 0.5 + 0.4 " 24 17: 16.4: Dec 13: .13: 61 +15.2 - 1.7 " 31 16.7 16.7 " 31 62 + 5.8 - 2.5 1965 Jun 28 17.25 17.0: Jun 26 7 63 + 8.3 - 1.9 Sep 5 17.7 17.7 Sep 5 .07 64 + 7.4 - 2.1 Dec 22 15.3 15.3 Dec 26 65 + 1.7 - 1.8 1968 Jan 2 17.3 17.3 Jan 1 66 -11.0 -11.4 Aug 12 16.4 16.4 Aug 12 8 67 - 4.7 - 1.0 Sep 7 16.2 16.2 Sep 11 9 68 - 0.2 - 7.9 " 8 17.0 17.05 " 8 69 - 6.2 + 2.4 " 10 17.1 17.1 " 10 10 70 + 1.6 - 2.1 Nov 8 17.0 17.0 Nov 8 .07 71 + 0.3 + 5.5 " 8 17.6 17.6 " 18 72 + 2.6 - 1.4 1967 Jan 5 17.1 17.1 Jan 5 73 -12.4 - 2.0 Aug 11 17.8 - - 11 74 + 6.6 + 2.7 Oct 26 17.4 17.3 Oct 24 .04 12 75 + 1.7 - 0.1 Dec 21 16.8 16.8 Dec 21 .08 76 + 1.5 + 2.8 Dec 28 16.1 16.1 Dec 27 .11 77 - 6.2 + 0.5 1968 Jan 2 15.9 15.9 Jan 2 .12 78 + 1.8 - 2.9 " 21 16.9 16.9 " 21 .08 79 - 4.7 + 7.1 Sep 25 17.2 17.1 Sep 24? 13 80 - 2.2 + 5.0 Oct 23 17.4 17.4 Oct 23 14 81 -11.0 -11.4 " 25 17.7 17.7 " 25 15 82 - 2.9 - 0.1 Nov 21 17.9 17.9 Nov 21 .04 83 - 3.1 - 0.5 Dec 19 17.3 17.0: Dec 24 84 - 3.5 + 5.6 1969 Jan 19 17.0 17.0 Jan 21 85 - 2.7 - 0.4 Sep 11 15.7 15.7 Sep 16 .12 16 86 - 2.1 + 1.0 Oct 13 17.3 17.3 Oct 15 87 +15.0 + 5.0 Nov 10 17.0 16.7 Nov 14 17 88 -15.4 - 7.5 1970 Jan 3 17.5 17.5 Jan 2? 89 + 1.4 + 0.8 Oct 10 16.8 16.8 Oct 10 90 - 1.9 - 2.4 Oct 29 16.9 16.9 Oct 26