Photometric Follow Up of Bright PSN in NGC5128 (Centaurus A)

ATel #8654; S. Kiyota (Variable Star Observers League in Japan), B. J. Shappee (Hubble Fellow, Carnegie Observatories), K. Z. Stanek (Ohio State), Subo Dong (KIAA-PKU)
on 8 Feb 2016; 23:40 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Supernovae
Credential Certification: Benjamin Shappee (bshappee@obs.carnegiescience.edu)

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We obtained follow-up photometric observations of AT 2016adj (ATel #8651; discovered by BOSS) on UT 2016 Feb 8.68 with the iTelescope 30 at Mt. Stromlo. We performed aperture photometry on the images using the IRAF apphot package and calibrated the results using the AAVSO Photometric All-Sky Survey (APASS; Henden et al. 2015). The colors suggest the object is highly reddened.

 
Observation Date  filter               mag   err 
2016-02-08.69     B                    17.3  0.1   
2016-02-08.68     V                    15.2  0.1 
2016-02-08.68     R (calibrated to r)  14.3  0.1 
2016-02-08.69     I (calibrated to i)  13.0  0.1