[vsnet-alert 14984] Bright PSN in NGC 2857!

[Denis Denisenko]

Vladislav Shumkov has discovered a possible Supernova (mag 14.1) in
the galaxy NGC 2857 in Ursa Major on MASTER-Kislovodsk robotic
telescope survey images from the last night. The object is visible on
two unfiltered images (180-sec exposure) obtained on 2012-10-07
01:28:14 UT and 02:05:42 UT.

The discovery has been just announced in ATel #4459, see
<http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=4459>.

Coordinates: 09 24 37.95 +49 21 32.0
Offset from the nucleus of the galaxy: 6" North, 2" East.

Animation of MASTER-Kislovodsk discovery and archival images:
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/PSNinNGC2857-MASTER-anim.gif

Confirmation and follow up are required!

Denis Denisenko on behalf of the MASTER team