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[vsnet-alert 5610] Re: M95 supernova?




>      This is possibly a wild-goose chase, but I have a report of a 
possible
> supernova near Messier 95 = NGC 3351, about mag. 15 and located about 
2'.1
> from the center in pa77.  No bright known asteroid here according to the
> MPchecker.

Thompson & Bryant's SN search chart shows a mag ~16 star about 0.5' ENE 
of this galaxy's centre. Can the discoverer verify that this isn't the 
object being reported? I have no doubt that it would be visible in a one 
metre telescope.


cheers,
Fraser Farrell

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