Supernova in M108?

[goodricke1]

On the BAA forum there is a report of a possible Supernova in M108? Seems like clear skies over Britain so some of you might like a gander.

[SilverAstro]

1 hour ago, goodricke1 said:

On the BAA forum there is a report of a possible Supernova in M108?

link ?

 

[goodricke1]

52 minutes ago, SilverAstro said:

link ?

 

https://britastro.org/node/12920

[SilverAstro]

According to CdC there is a mag12.42 foreground star at that location, UCAC4-729-048667 and in the image it is of similar magnitude to the nearby (just to the left of M 108) UCAC4-729-048661 also 12.42 in CdC.

Looking at google images of M 108 it does not appear that prominent. So it did look like an 'interesting' candidate ! (of course it was cloudy here, but thanks for the heads-up anyway )

Here is a little animated gif I just made to show that it does appear to be the foreground star ??

 

[goodricke1]

Yes it appears to be just a foreground star, false alarm unfortunately!

[fireballxl5]

false alarm but as I was outside just finishing an RGB run on nearby M101 as clouds were rolling in, I saw the post and thought I should grab some subs on M108, just in case...

Poor quality owing to passing haze & clouds but here you go.

 

[Wiu-Wiu]

Funny to see this post, I've had the same thing happening to me, and I know of at least 2 other occasions where someone thinks they saw a supernova there. 

I blame either darker skies or a larger aperture