Wednesday 29 August 2018

Confirmation: AT2018fhy

I found AT2018fhy already apparent in my archives on 2018-08-06 at mag 17.36CV. It still is at mag 18.39CV.


Observation: SN2017eaw (x3)

SN2017eaw, Type IIP in NGC 6946
Discovered 2017-05-14.238 by Patrick Wiggins, mag 12.8 at discovery
R.A. = 20h34m44s.238, Decl. = +60°11'36".00




Tuesday 28 August 2018

GSNST-2018ac = (AT 2018fhy)

Our GSNST Team member, Malhar R. Kendurkar recently discovered a very short lived nova near the Nucleus of Andromeda Galaxy (M31) at Magnitude V = + 16.29
Reference ATel#11983
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=11983%20

Kees Scherer also observed this nova and found a possible confirmation.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/snimages/43429368855/


Observation: AT2018ffz

AT2018ffz, Type unknown
Discovered 2018-08-18.630 by All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN), mag 16.2 at discovery
R.A. = 06h36m01s.090, Decl. = +83°47'33".76



Observation: 2018fbj

2018fbj, Type Ia
Discovered 2018-08-12.491 by ATLAS, mag 18.528 at discovery
R.A. = 22h19m58s.950, Decl. = +40°04'22".60




Friday 24 August 2018

Observation: 2018eoi

2018eoi, Type unknown
Discovered 2018-07-19.571 by ATLAS, mag 18.148 at discovery
R.A. = 23h59m33s.640, Decl. = +56°05'01".63


Thursday 23 August 2018

SN 2018feq from Chile

Observations of SN_2018feq from Chile Observatories on 2018-08-22.266
Observer: Malhar R. Kendurkar, GSNST Team

Observation: 2018elh

2018elh, Type Ia
Discovered 2018-07-21.522 by ATLAS, mag 18.854 at discovery
R.A. = 21h06m09s.640, Decl. = +70°21'08".71



Observation: 2018dyo

2018dyo, Type Ia
Discovered 2018-07-03.383 by ZTF, mag 19.56 at discovery
R.A. = 20h32m18s.640, Decl. = +58°11'54".36 


Observation: AT2018eci

AT2018eci, Type unknown in 2MASX J22340404+6826298
Discovered 2018-07-23.532 by ATLAS, mag 18.693 at discovery
R.A. = 22h34m03s.970, Decl. = +68°26'30".39



Monday 20 August 2018

Observation: AT2018faf

AT2018faf, Type CV
Discovered 2018-08-04.351 by ZTF, mag 17.49 at discovery
R.A. = 21h08m05s.780, Decl. = +34°24'24".96




Sunday 19 August 2018

Observation: 2018edw

2018edw, Type Ia in LEDA 2776665
Discovered 2018-07-13.410 by ZTF, mag 18.83 at discovery
R.A. = 19h08m40s.560, Decl. = +78°28'39".78




Observation: 2018epx

2018epx, Type Ia in LEDA 1806296
Discovered 2018-08-05.605 by ATLAS, mag 17.66 at discovery
R.A. = 23h29m53s.220, Decl. = +27°22'40".90




Saturday 18 August 2018

Observation: 2018ddu

2018ddu, Type Ic in 2MASX J16354562+7141121
Discovered 2018-07-04.367 by ZTF
R.A. = 16h35m46s.560, Decl. = +71°41'15".24




Observation: 2018ctb

2018ctb, Type Ia in KUG 2158+198B
Discovered 2018-06-19.550 by All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN), mag 16.5 at discovery
R.A. = 22h01m08s.093, Decl. = +20°03'04".24



Observation: 2018dzr

2018dzr, Type Ia
Discovered 2018-07-16.036 by Gaia, mag 18.54 at discovery
R.A. = 17h02m22s.568, Decl. = +57°45'05".15




Friday 17 August 2018

Observation: 2018enb & 2018ebs

2018ebs, Type Ia in NGC 7107, discovered by ATLAS on 2018-07-16.608, mag 19,646 at discovery
R.A. = 21h39m37s.620, Decl. = +08°56'39".78
2018enb, Type Ia in NGC 7100, discovered by Koichi Itagaki on 2018-08-02.663, mag 16.7 at discovery
R.A. = 21h39m34s.570, Decl. = +08°52'47".30


Wednesday 15 August 2018

Verification: AT2018ewz

AT2018ewz, Type unknown in LEDA 1537119
Discovered 2018-08-09.123 by Malhar R. Kendurkar, mag 19.2 at discovery
R.A. = 00h15m55s.400, Decl. = +17°36'59".81







Monday 13 August 2018

Observation: AT2018ehq

AT2018ehq, Type unknown
Discovered 2018-07-29.430 by ATLAS, mag 17.954 at discovery
R.A. = 20h14m02s.130, Decl. = +67°14'47".54




Observation: AT2018dyx

AT2018dyx, Type unknown
Discovered 2018-07-15.503 by Gaia, mag 18.74 at discovery
R.A. = 21h09m23s.255, Decl. = +24°09'38".88




Sunday 12 August 2018

Possible discovery of a new Transient in LEDA 1537119

GSNST team member, Kendurkar. M reports a discovery of a possible new Astronomical Transient (AT) on 2018-08-09 in the galaxy LEDA 1537119 at magnitude 19.22 +/- 0.14.

Friday 10 August 2018

Possible New Transient Discovery

Possible New Transient discovery by GSNST Team on 2018-08-09
Position RA = 12:51:27.908, Dec = -39:09:13.49.
Measured flux L = 19.59 +/- 0.81

Thursday 9 August 2018

Observation: 2018bsr

2018bsr, Type Ia in VII Zw 884
Discovered 2018-05-16.320 by All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN), mag 17.2 at discovery
R.A. = 19h27m38s.758, Decl. = +61°56'50".07





Wednesday 8 August 2018

Follow of SN 2018aoq in NGC 4151

We observed SN 2018aoq in NGC 4151 on 2018-05-24.266 at R = 15.4 +/- 0.25 from Prince George Astronomical Observatory's 0.61-m telescope in Northern British Columbia.

Observation: AT2018eds

AT2018eds, Type unknown
Discovered 2018-07-23.803 by Gaia, mag 17.71 at discovery
R.A. = 22h36m50s.339, Decl. = +69°41'28".32




Observation: SN2017eaw

SN2017eaw, Type IIP in NGC 6946
Discovered 2017-05-14.238 by Patrick Wiggins, mag 12.8 at discovery
R.A. = 20h34m44s.238, Decl. = +60°11'36".00




Observation: 2018dgx

2018dgx, Type Ic supernova in 2MASX J17480488+5213190
Discovered 2018-07-09.435 by ATLAS, mag 18.404 at discovery
R.A. = 17h48m05s.320, Decl. = +52°13'25".34



Observation: 2018cow

2018cow, Type Ic-BL
Discovered 2018-06-16.441 by ATLAS , mag 14.739 at discovery
R.A. = 16h16m00s.220, Decl. = +22°16'04".83