[PeterM]

Hi all, bit of an alert here.
Early days, but Stu Parker may have discovered BOSS' brightest Supernova todate. The suspect SN is at about mag 11.9 in the superb galaxy NGC5643 in Lupus. The galaxy is large and relatively close at 50 million light years. It already has the professionals excited. Being this bright and away from the nucleus in an outer spiral arm makes this an ideal target for smaller scopes. So might be worth visual and spectra follow up by IIspacers as we await a spectra from the pros. This would be BOSS 56th Supernova if spectra confirms.
Images soon.

Object Designation Date (UT) R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. p Offset Locale
PSN J14323388-4413278 2013 02 13.621 * 14 32 33.88 -44 13 27.8 11.9 U 74W 180S N5643