Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PSN J23012936+0653381

PSN J23012936+0653381   2012 12 11.11  *  23 01 29.36 +06 53 38.1  17.4 U    13E  4S            D 0

2012 12 18.0619

PSN detected at coordinates 23 01 29.37 +06 53 38.1 (UCAC3). Magnitude 17.6 U +/- 0.2 . Limiting magnitude 19.5 . Sum of 12 x 240-sec images. Nothing visible at these coordinates on DSS. Observer: R. A. Koff, Antelope Hills Observatory, Bennett, Colorado USA (H09). Image posted at: http://antelopehillsobservatory.org/SNpictures/PSNJ23012936+0653381final.jpg

2012 12 18.072

L. Elenin (Lyubertsy, Russia) and I. Molotov (Moscow, Russia) confirm an apparent supernova PSN J23012936+0653381. Object visible on 3x300sec images remotely taken at ISON-NM Observatory (Mayhill, NM, USA) with 0.45-m f/2.8 telescope + CCD (KAF09000) on Dec. 18.072. Object located at 23h 01m 29s.36 +/- 0".09, +06d 53' 37".4 +/- 0".08 (UCAC-4) with magnitude 17.5U (mag. limit ~19.5m). Nothing is visible at this position on the POSS and POSSII images. Image of PSN J23012936+0653381 available at http://spaceobs.org/images/TOCP/PSNJ23012936+0653381-20121218.png