BOSS-Backyard Observatory Supernova Search
News Flash Latest Discovery :
September 2021-Possible SN AT2021xtf
Galaxy-PGC64029
Discovery Date: 3rd Sept 2021
RA 20:02:57.5 DEC -55:57:29.6
Discovery mag=16.8
Type NA
Reporter: Marples,Bock,Pearl
Constellation of Telescopium and is a magnitude 16.8, SO type Galaxy
Who are WE?
We are an amateur collaboration of 6 friends from Australia and New Zealand who have worked together as a group since mid 2008 to search, discover, record, and report new supernovae in the southern sky.
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to provide accurate and reliable discovery reports to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through the Transient Name Server (TNS) https://www.wis-tns.org/ for further investigation by Professional Astronomers and their resources. As of January 1, 2016 the Transient Name Server is the official IAU mechanism for reporting new astronomical transients such as supernova candidates.
Prior to 2016 reports were sent to The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams - CBAT operated at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
This Website provides information about Supernova hunting and the BOSS group discoveries. We hope you enjoy your visit. Please contact us with any comments.
From Left-Pat Pearl(absent), Stu Parker, Greg Bock, Peter Marples, Colin Drescher, Brendan Downs
Supernova Discoveries by the BOSS Team
NSA=No spectrum available
WFC= Waiting for confirmation(second image required)
WFS=Waiting for Spectrum
MLy=Distance in Millions of light years
HST=Observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope