Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PSN J09500391+5429064

PSN J09500391+5429064   2014 03 23.63  *  09 50 03.91 +54 29 06.4  18.4 U    3E   1N            9 9

2014 03 23.63

We discovered this object on Mar.23.63 2014 UT in the Tsinghua University-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS), and the magnitude of the object on unfiltered CCD was about 18.4 mag. Discovery and reference images: http://www.thca.tsinghua.edu.cn/~wangxf/TNTS/PSNJ09500391+5429064.png

2014 03 24.3278

The host galaxy is PGC 28297 (MCG+09-16-055), morphological type Sb(f). Patrick Schmeer (Saarbrücken-Bischmisheim, Germany).

2014 03 25.260

This possible supernova in MCG +9-16-55 was not detected with 6 x 10 min images using a clear filter These data were collected remotely by Joseph Brimacombe, Coral Towers Observatory, Cairns, Australia. Link to image and further information: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/13427616484/