Supernova SN 2012if in PGC 34479 Narrowfield IR - Dec 28

Supernova SN 2012if in PGC 34479 Narrowfield IR - Dec 28, a photo by Joseph Brimacombe on Flickr.

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SUMMARY
SN seen south-east of the nucleus at Mag 19.0 IR
DISCOVERY
Alessandro Dimai: 2012.12.20.017; Mag 18.3
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Total exposure 60 min (4 x 15 min, infrared filter; binned 2x2, scale 0.91 asec/px)
Time: 2012.12.28.259
Astrometry: RA 11 17 30.26 Dec +51 24 07.5 (difficult measurement)
Photometry: 19.0 +/- 0.1 IR > 700 nm (R as ref) (difficult measurement)
These data were collected remotely using a 51-cm
RCOS and STL11K camera at New Mexico Skies, Mayhill, New
Mexico by Joseph Brimacombe, Coral Towers Observatory,
Cairns, Australia.