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  • 16 March 2019 at 11:14 pm #574283
    David Swan
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    The intermediate luminosity red transient in M51 is well within reach of novice-intermediate imagers. It is nice to see a change in a familiar object.

    Thanks to Guy Hurst for flagging this.

    18 March 2019 at 9:21 pm #580871
    Nick James
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    Here’s an image of the transient taken tonight in a very bright sky with the Moon very nearby. I need to re-do my flats!

    18 March 2019 at 11:37 pm #580873
    Robin Leadbeater
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    There’s another returning supernova impostor (An LBV in NGC4559)  which might be in range currently (It was mag 17.5  a couple of weeks ago.)

    http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2012/lbvn4559.html

    Robin

    19 March 2019 at 7:24 am #580876
    Nick James
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    There is also a bright nova in M31 at the moment discovered by Hornoch and Zhang. It was fainter than mag 18 at discovery but I measured AT2019bsd as 15.1 unfiltered (ref UCAC-4 R) last night. It is sitting on TNS with no spectral confirmation.

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