Minor Planet Nature of the "Possible M31 Supernova"
ATel #3692; Derek B. Fox (Penn State)
on 19 Oct 2011; 21:31 UT
Credential Certification: Derek B. Fox (dfox@astro.psu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Asteroid, Supernovae
The "possible supernova in M31" reported by Ovcharov et al. (ATel #3691) is coincident in position and magnitude with the known minor planet (372) Palma, as reported by the Minor Planet Checker service at the Minor Planet Center, Harvard CfA. The MPChecker service estimates V=11.3 mag at the time of the Ovcharov et al. observation.
We therefore suggest that their report can most likely be interpreted as a reobservation of this minor planet.
