Pre-Discovery Possible Supernova PSN J00153057+1719320 in NGC 57 Narrowfield IR - Aug 30, 2011

Pre-Discovery Possible Supernova PSN J00153057+1719320 in NGC 57 Narrowfield IR - Aug 30, 2011, a photo by Joseph Brimacombe on Flickr.

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SUMMARY
SN candidate seen south-west of the nucleus at Mag 19.4 IR
DISCOVERY
Ella Sanders, R Kot and D Coffin: 2012.6.22.460; Mag 19.0
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Total exposure 40 min (4 x 10 min, infrared filter > 700 nm; binned 2x2, scale 1.01 asec/px)
Time: 2011.8.30.851
Astrometry: RA 00 15 30.54 Dec 17 19 31.8
Photometry: 19.4 +/- 0.6 IR > 700 nm (R as ref)
These data were collected by Joseph Brimacombe using a 41-cm
RCOS and STL6K camera at Coral Towers Observatory, Cairns, Australia.