On the night of May 22-23, 2010 Brisbane amateur astronomer Brendan Downs discovered a supernova in the galaxy IC 4854. The discovery image of SN 2010dc was taken from Brendan’s backyard observatory ‘Thunderchild’. This is Brendan Down’s second supernova discovery. The first was in 1997.
More information can be found on Brendan’s website. Note that the supernova is not visible to the unaided eye.
