Hi Dave, at the moment my SN search is in it's building phase and about 10 months old. It is my intention to build a monthly list of around 30-50 candidate Galaxies that I can rotate through and image throughout the year.
My method is to image each one at least 4 times during the month depending on conditions and then have them in a library of images for comparison using Maxim's Supernova search software
I have been choosing mainly Irregular and Spiral Galaxies as they seem the best candidates from what I have read. I would be interested to read your project as all thoughts and idea can only help. Is it on your website?
Cheers