[PeterM]

We have information that this is an early Type1a event - where a White Dwarf star siphons off matter from a companion Red Giant star, when the mass of the WD exceeds 1.4 solar mass - BANG. Being an early event it may brighten, already reports are its mag is 12.4V making it one of the brightest SN for a while.

This is attracting a lot of interest from professional astronomers, its bright, its a type 1a, its relatively close and caught reasonably early. Amateur astronomers like YOU can see it visually and our own and Madbadgalaxyman provides us with the link between amateur and pro with his knowledgable posts, thanks Robert.

Yes indeed Suzy get your 10inch Dob and use the images here to orientate the galaxy and you should have little trouble spotting the "super new star". When you do have a think about the star being completely obliterated and the new elements created leading to something new, more exciting over time perhaps a new Sunlike star.

Greg makes a good point, Stu was imaging NGC1399 and NGC1404 was not on his list but in the field so all was checked. And just like Gregs recent discovery where he nearly discarded his image before checking - the message to astro imagers who go to a lot of trouble to image galaxies in the first place is you might as well check them, you may make a significant discovery simply by luck. Sure the BOSS team do tens of thousands of images between us each year and luck can still play apart.
I need some now, been over 2 years since my last discovery.