Supernova PSN J02513304+3730434 in KUG 248+373: an image (19 Aug. 2015)

Supernova PSN J02513304+3730434 in KUG 248+373: 19 Aug. 2015

Supernova PSN J02513304+3730434 in KUG 248+373: 19 Aug. 2015

The supernova PSN J02513304+3730434 in KUG 248+373 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program.

The image above comes from the average of four, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. The supernova was estimated at mag. 17.7 (R mags for the reference stars from UCAC-4). Spectroscopy showed this transient is a type-Ib/c supernova.

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