Recently, a new type II supernova SN 2024abfo was discovered in the galaxy NGC 1493, on 2024-11-15 by ATLAS, discovery mag 16.793.

This image is processed data from 2024-11-18, I managed to image NGC 1493 and SN 2024abfo on 2024-11-17 and 2024-11-18 so far. Measurements of L brightness in Tycho yields:

2024-11-17: 16.82 – 16.91 mag (median, 2 batches, not reliable, passing clouds)
2024-11-18: 16.70 – 16.64 mag (median, 5 batches)

More details at Astrobin.

IAS – Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V. – Hakos Observatory, Namibia
IAS remote telescope “Dieter”
Lacerta 12″ Newton f/4, ASA DDM85XL-A, QHY268M, Baader LRGB Ha 6.5 nm filters
49 x L, 15x R, 20x G, 20x B 120s, mode 1, gain 56, offset 10, -5C, 20 flats, 30 darks, 50 bias
Total time: 12480s / 3h28
Data acquisition: IAS remote team / Martin Junius
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight WBPP
Image processing: PixInsight, BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, Lightroom, 30 % crop