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Great for BOSS
Hi All,
Yes indeed a great discovery by the BOSS team. As a side note here I had a great time coming over a couple of weeks ago and had our first official meeting where we feverishly started to plan for the coming months it must of paid off. However I think this SN was maybe more good luck than management. I was trying out new Equipment that I purchased while in Aussie and only did a short 47 galaxy run that night. I was going to go to bed and check the images the next day when I could hear Pete’s voice in my head “check as many as you can before you finish for the night” There is a great advantage in doing this with your images as if there is any suspect stars you are able to check them straight away. However I do things slightly differently as I am trying to get as many numbers as possible I let the scope remotely carry on imaging while I am asleep and checking the image the next day. The advantage I have here as I am able to check 350 -400 per night per scope. The great thing here is that we mix both methods in the team to get the results seems to work great.
So I decided to check the ones I have just done. So at 1:00am I am struggling to stay away and checking image 46 out of 47 and I see a small dot in this nice looking 13.4 mag galaxy. Well there goes any idea of getting any sleep. After I “blink” the image for 10 min or so to make sure what I am seeing I poke my head out side to my dismay the clouds have rolled in so I can do no Confirmation image. That’s where the team comes into it I SMS Pete and the ball is rolling........
This is the first discovery that I have not been able to reimage which has been terrible for me. Dr Grant Christe of the Auckland Stardome Observatory was able to image SN2009mk for me on the 16th and I have included his image here. I look forward to having some clear skies so I can get back out and image this as well.
Thanks to Pete Colin and all the crew.......Watch this space more are on the way
Stu
BOSS
Backyard Observatory Supernova Search
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