Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PSN J03412317-1745348

PSN J03412317-1745348   2012 08 27.0846*  03 41 23.17 -17 45 34.8  17.4 U    7E    8S ESO548-075 7 1

2012 08 27.723

This possible supernova in ESO 548-075 was seen with 6 x 15 min images using an infrared filter Astrometry: RA 03 41 22.77 Dec -17 45 35.1 Photometry: 19.6 +/- 0.6 IR > 700 nm (R as ref) These data were collected by Joseph Brimacombe, Coral Towers Observatory, Cairns, Australia Link to image and further information http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7876367506/

2012 08 28.184

NO DETECTION of the PSN with the same telescope/camera - S. Leonini

2012 08 29.4053

L. Elenin (Lyubertsy, Russia) and I. Molotov (Moscow, Russia) can't confirm an apparent supernova PSN J03412317-1745348. Object not visible on 3x300sec images remotely taken at ISON-NM Observatory (Mayhill, NM, USA) with 0.45-m f/2.8 telescope + CCD (KAF09000) on Aug. 29.4053. Mag. limit ~19.4m.

2012 08 28.1396

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 22s.75, 36".2 and magnitude 17.6. Image posted at URL:http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_ESO548-075.jpg