[PeterM]

Excuse this rushed post, will be adding to as day goes by. Wanted to get this breaking news on IIS ASAP. Sorry typing on iPhone on bus and just got knocked and have to rewrite.

Stu Parker may well have hit the jackpot with this discovery looking like the most interesting BOSS discovery to date and, perhaps the most valuable scientifically.

The galaxy is NGC6984 and it hosted a type 1c supernova in what appears to be exactly the same position as last year.
Problem is it shouldn't and that's what (at last count) emails from about 10 very excited professional astronomers are saying and they are keenly following it up.
The 10m SALT telescope has already obtained data (literally within an hour of notifying them) and yes it is a supernova. Now is it the same one as last year? it shouldn't be as type 1c are terminal and don't re brighten as the pros are telling us.
So what's going on? A chance alignment with another supernova or something more exotic with the first SN?
Time will soon tell and we will post here. So much for amateurs fluffing around the edges. BOSS even released our first ATEL today.

So a huge congratulations to Stu Parker, his dedication and skill are remarkable.
The BOSS team worked quickly as usual and Greg Bock was able to overlay and blink images to add to the confidence needed to send this out so quickly and get the professionals obviously very excited.
As one professional astronomer has replied " that's why I love astronomy so much"
Stayed tuned!