2020年6月9日，ATEL 13795号公报，确认该候选体是一颗河外新星，光谱类型 FeII。
2020年6月8日星明团队合作发现一颗M31河外新星候选体已上报，共同发现者张宓，赵经远，聂迎滨，王慧敏，徐建林，高振超，徐章瑞，涂天宇，孙国佑，高兴。
https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020lye
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J00422347+4108228.html
POSSIBLE NOVA IN M31
Mi Zhang, Jingyuan Zhao, Yingbin Nie, Huimin Wang, Jianlin Xu, Zhenchao Gao, Zhangrui Xu, Tianyu Tu, Guoyou Sun and Xing Gao，report the discovery of a possible nova (mag approximately 15.8) on several 300-s survey images (limiting mag about 20.5) taken by Xingming Observatory Sky Survey(C42) around June. 07.8696 UT using a unfiltered CCD ( + 0.6-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien telescope ). the new object approximately located at R.A.=00h42m23s.47 Decl.=+41°08’22”.8 (equinox 2000.0). Which is about 235.1″ west and 465.7″ south of the center of the NGC224(M31).Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on June 01.86 (limiting mag 20.5) .
All images can be seen from: http://xjltp.china-vo.org/psp20a.html
Discovery Image – taken by N88 on June. 07.8696 UT, 2020