[vsnet-alert 4472] Re: (fwd) SN suspect in NGC 5128

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

Dear all,

Taichi Kato wrote:
>  (Any relation with the previously reported suspected object,
>=NGC5128 V17?) 

C. Ellis wrote:
>The star was massively brighter than any individual star in the
>galaxy, and was found in the north east corner of the galaxy through
>the telescope eyepiece (upside down through the eyepiece of course).

NGC5128 V17 locates about 80" south from the nucleus of NGC 5128, so if
the offset direction provided by the reporter is correct, it would be
not.  

# I personally agree with Brian....

Sincerely,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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