Bright PSN in NGC5128 (Centaurus A) Discovered By Backyard Observatory Supernova Search (BOSS)

ATel #8651; Peter Marples, Greg Bock, Stuart Parker (BOSS)

on 8 Feb 2016; 16:07 UT

Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae

Credential Certification: Krzysztof Stanek (stanek.32@osu.edu)

Subjects: Supernovae

Referred to by ATel #: 8654, 8655, 8657, 8662, 8664, 8665, 8668, 8677, 8693, 8759, 8760, 8890, 8976

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During the ongoing Backyard Observatory Supernova Search (BOSS), Peter Marples discovered a possible supernova using data from a 300mm F7 SCT telescope at Loganholme Observatory, Queensland, Australia. It was reported on the TNS by Greg Bock as AT2016adj, discovered as a new transient source:

Object RA (J2000) DEC (J2000) Disc. UT Date Disc. V mag AT2016adj 13:25:24.11 -43:00:57.50 2016-02-08.563 14.0

The PSN was not present (V>18.0) in an image taken by Stu Parker on 3 February 2016 (V>18.0) which indicates that this PSN is quite young.