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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Sheesh that's funny, I actually noted that star and for some reason actually thought in my head, "Huh..looks like a supernova"..and just brushed it off...similar to when I noticed NGC253-dw2, very similar thought and brushed it off. Should trust my instincts but there is no way of knowing 
Mike |
You've got sharp eyes. And a superb memory! Expecting it to be really faint, I had to look it up, find it was AT2016iae, find the coordinates, plate solve, and there it was. I then checked it against Martin Pugh's 2010 shot, and ... all that work for nothing ... it was bleeding obvious. Stood out like the the famous canine counter-current cooling mechanism.
The only surprise is its very warm colour, which could be because it's against (or obscured by) the warm colour of the galactic centre.