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3 in One Night for Tom Boles |
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 Following Tom Bole’s discovery of supernovae 2008X and 2008af on February 7th and 9th respectively, he had even more reason to feel pleased with himself when he discovered 3 more and all within a single night.
(SN2008ai - Tom Boles discovery image)
On February 12 / 13 he discovered 2008ai in MCG +06-24-39 at magnitude 17.7, 2008aj in MCG +06-30-34 at magnitude 16.9 and 2008ak in UGC 2519 at magnitude 18.5. Images of the supernovae are shown here. Full details will appear in the Journal in due course. This brings Tom’s total SN discoveries to 113.
Stewart Moore - Director, Deep Sky Section
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SN2008 ai in MCG +06-24-39 at magnitude 17.7 |
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SN2008 aj in MCG +06-30-34 at magnitude 16.9
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SN2008 akin UGC 2519 at magnitude 18.5 |
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