[AZ-Observing] Bright supernova in NGC 2403
- From: Brian Skiff <Brian.Skiff@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 13:32:22 -0700 (MST)
A bright supernova (mag 11.2) has been found in the nearby galaxy
NGC 2403 by K. Itagaki in Japan. The position is reported as:
7 37 17.0 +65 35 58 (J2000), which is about 160" east and 10" north
of the galaxy center. The galaxy is about as poorly-placed as it
can be (passes under the pole around midnight), but was found from
similar latitude as Arizona, so it must not be impossible. The pre-dawn
hours are slightly favored, so there's a better chance of clear sky.
Since there are other fairly bright stars superposed on the galaxy,
so some sort of image or chart (Vickers, Thompson & Bryan, etc) will
be needed to make a certain identification.
\Brian
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