Discovery – Page 2 – Global SuperNovae Search Team

September 4, 2018

Discovery of a Possible new Transient

Discovery of a possible new transient on 2018-09-04 in Unknown galaxy.
Source Magnitude 17.29 +/- 0.05.
Date of Observations: 2018-09-03.975 from Canary Islands, Spain
Observer: Malhar R. Kendurkar, GSNST Team
Team: M. Kendurkar, C. Raguenaud
Global SuperNova Search Team

August 29, 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.

August 29, 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/

August 12, 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.