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New bright BOSS supernova
Hi All
I would like to let all know that I discovered a bright Type II supernova In PGC59373 a 11.60 mag galaxy in ARA only 52 million light years distance, a couple of nights back.
As of tonight it currently shines at mag 13.10 and is getting brighter. Spectra has been taken and we are waiting to get the final typing for this Supernova. Preliminary analysis shows a very blue continuum and Professionals I have talked to speculate this may be a SN 1979C-like event but this isn’t confirmed yet.
Observations continues and we look forward to see the results and hope it will be announced through CBAT soon.
I have included an image which shows the new supernova near a cluster of stars once again I have been told that It's likely the SN progenitor star was associated with that cluster in the host galaxy. Moreover, the progenitor was likely one of the most massive members of that cluster but not necessarily any of the ones shown here. This would make an interesting target in future years.I look forward to hearing other peoples observations.Here is the TOCP data
Thanks 
Stu
Parkdale Observatory-New Zealand
TOCP Designation: PSN J16590243-6011418
Observation Date: 2013 04 23.542
J2000 Position: 16 59 02.43 -60 11 41.8
Magnitude: 13.5 U
Offset (arcseconds): 3W 76N
Locale: ESO 138-G010 (PGC59373)
More info can be seen here: http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/ and
http://www.bosssupernova.com/
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