Luminous blue variable discovered

Sun, 03/15/2015 - 01:34

In the Puckett SN search, a PSN discovery was posted on CBAT J13215756+3843229 in NGC 5112. Spectroscopic measures posted in Astronomers Telegram http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=7223 have identified this as a Luminous blue variable. Attached is the discovery image taken on the evening of March 3, 2015.
Richard Post

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