Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

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PSN J01180780+1733298

PSN J01180780+1733298   2011 08 26.08  *  01 18 07.80 +17 33 29.8  18.2 U    6W  15S  N459      9 4

2011 08 31.2386

Object detected at position end figures 07.69, 28.7 (UCAC3). Magnitude 18.1U +/- 0.2 . Average of 18 x 60-sec images. Limiting magnitude 18.9. Nothing visible at this location on DSS. Observer: R. A. Koff, Bennett, Colorado USA (H09). Image posted at: http://antelopehillsobservatory.org/SNpictures/PSNJ01180780+1733298final.jpg

2011 09 3.408

This possible supernova in NGC 459 was seen with 10 x 600 sec images using a clear filter. Astrometry: RA 01 18 07.81 Dec 17 33 29.2 Photometry: 18.4 +/- 0.4 C These data were collected by Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia. Link to image and further information: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6109744229/

2011 09 06.0940

This object was observed by Federica Luppi and Luca Buzzi with a 0.38-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD from Schiaparelli Observatory, Varese, Italy. In a stack of images totalling 14 minutes of unfiltered exposure time, the object has position end figures 07s.82, 29".4 and magnitude 18.1 (CMC-14 catalogue). Nothing is visible in DSS images. Image posted at URL: http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_N459.jpg