\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{table:xray}X-ray observations of \source.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{lrrrrrr} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} Telescope/Instrument & ObsID & Exp. time$^a$ & Start date & Offset$^b$ & Count rate & $L_{0.2{-}1.0}$ $^c$\\ & & [ks] & [UT] & [d] & [ct~s$^{-1}$] & [erg~s$^{-1}$]\\ \hline \noalign{\smallskip} \chandra HRC-I & 8526 & 19.9 & 2007--11--07.64 & 5.89 & $<$8.7~\tpower{-4} & $<$4.0~\tpower{36}\\ \chandra HRC-I & 8527 & 20.0 & 2007--11--17.76 & 16.01 & ($17.4 \pm 1.1$) \tpower{-3} & ($8.1 \pm 0.5$) \tpower{37}\\ \chandra HRC-I & 8528 & 20.0 & 2007--11--28.79 & 27.04 & ($4.3 \pm 0.5$) \tpower{-3} & ($2.0 \pm 0.2$) \tpower{37} \\ \chandra HRC-I & 8529 & 18.9 & 2007--12--07.57 & 35.82 & ($4.7 \pm 0.5$) \tpower{-3} & ($2.2 \pm 0.2$) \tpower{37}\\ \chandra HRC-I & 8530 & 19.9 & 2007--12--17.49 & 45.29 & ($3.0 \pm 0.4$) \tpower{-3} & ($1.4 \pm 0.2$) \tpower{37}\\ \xmm EPIC PN & 0505720201 & 22.2 & 2007--12--29.57 & 57.80 & $<$8.7 \tpower{-4} & $<$2.7\tpower{35}\\ \xmm EPIC PN & 0505720301 & 21.9 & 2008--01--08.29 & 67.53 & $<$3.0 \tpower{-3} & $<$5.4 \tpower{35}\\ \xmm EPIC PN & 0505720401 & 18.1 & 2008--01--18.63 & 77.87 & $<$2.2 \tpower{-3} & $<$6.0 \tpower{35}\\ \xmm EPIC PN & 0505720501 & 17.2 & 2008--01--27.94 & 87.17 & $<$2.0 \tpower{-3} & $<$1.3 \tpower{36}\\ \xmm EPIC PN & 0505720601 & 17.3 & 2008--02--07.20 & 97.44 & $<$4.3 \tpower{-3} & $<$4.2 \tpower{35}\\ \noalign{\smallskip} \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip Notes: $^a$ dead-time corrected; $^b $~time in days after the outburst of nova \nova\ in the optical \citep{2007ATel.1257....1P} on 2007 Nov. 2.28~UT (MJD~=~54406.2); uncertainties are 0.45~days, according to Sect.~\ref{sec:results}; $^c$ X-ray luminosities and 3$\sigma$ upper limits (unabsorbed, 0.2--1.0~keV) estimated using a blackbody model with $kT$~=~50~eV and \nh = 6.7~\hcm{20} (see Sect.~\ref{sec:obs_xray}). \end{table}