Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PSN J15250852+3757494

PSN J15250852+3757494   2012 02 17.9391*  15 25 08.52 +37 57 49.4  18.2 U 30.9E12.9N  PGC55040  R 6

2012 02 19.413

This possible supernova in PGC 55040 was seen with 4 x 20 min images Astrometry: RA 15 25 08.58 Dec 37 57 50.2 Photometry: 17.6 + /- 0.3 L These data were collected by Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia. Link to image and further information: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6906737045/

2012 02 22.18444

This object was observed by Federica Luppi and Luca Buzzi from Schiaparelli Observatory, Varese, Italy. In a stack of images totalling 10 minutes of unfiltered exposure time, the object has position end figures 08s.52, 49".7 and magnitude 17.6. Image posted at URL: http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_P55040.jpg