HI all,
I thought that I'd post a couple of images for those who may wish to image this possible SN (PSN) too. With luck, a spectrum will prove this one too, and make it my second discovery within 10 weeks after 2011gv in IC4901 on October 19, after more than 10 years of searching.
Thanks to Roger for making his time available last night to get the confirmation image 24 hours after my discovery image was taken.
I imaged the new object on December 27th on 2 separate images, but I only checked them a day later to find that I had two images of the new object only about 1 minute apart , so I knew the object was real, but the next question is "Is it moving?" A 1 minute time difference is unlikely to tell me, but Roger's image taken on the following day, the 28th, showed that the new object was stationary..great news.
Now, all I need is a spectrum to prove it, and I have recent advice that the details and coordinates have been passed on to various people around the world. SALT (in South Africa) won't get at it, but observers in the north likely will, so fingers crossed!
Last edited by Greg Bock; 29-12-2011 at 03:52 PM.
Reason: added reference to sn2011gv.
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