PSN J04544410+6943075 in PGC 16301: an image (12 Sept. 2015)
PSN J04544410+6943075 in PGC 16301: 12 Sept. 2015
The possible supernova PSN J04544410+6943075 in PGC 16301 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program.
The image above comes from the average of six, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. The possible supernova was estimated at mag. 17.6 (R mags for the reference stars from UCAC-4).
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