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NGC300-OT
Luminous optical transient was detected in May 2008 in NGC300 by an amateur astronomer B.Monard from South Africa.
Discovery paper by Bond et al. (2008).
Spitzer/IRS mid-IR spectrum taken 93 days after the maximum (Prieto et al. 2009)
- maximum absolute brightness: <math>M_V \simeq -12 to -13</math>
- detected at brightness <math>V\approx14.5 \textrm{mag}</math>
- decay to 20 mag in about 100 days
- intermediate between CN and SN
- suspected to be a twin with SN 2008S (progenitor: luminous star embedded in circumstellar dust)
