Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PSN J12541585+0926259

PSN J12541585+0926259   2013 02 18.80  *  12 54 15.85 +09 26 25.9  17.4 U   14E   3S  P34884    9 9

2013 02 18.80

We discovered this object on Feb.18.80 2013 UT in the Tsinghua University-NAOC Transient Survey (TNTS),and the magnitude of the object on unfiltered CCD was about 17.4 mag.

2013 02 19.93232

This object was observed by Federica Luppi and Luca Buzzi from Schiaparelli Observatory, Varese, Italy. In a stack of images totalling 5 minutes of unfiltered exposure time, the object has position end figures 15s.73, 25".5 and magnitude 17.3. The correct host galaxy is PGC 43884. Image posted at URL http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_J12541585+0926259.jpg

2013 02 22.400

This possible supernova in PGC 43884 was detected with 2 x 15 min images using a red filter Astrometry: RA 12 54 15.72 Dec +09 26 25.4 Photometry: 17.07 +/- 0.22 L (R for ref) These data were collected remotely by Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia. Link to image and further information http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8499547430/