Benson, AZ 85602 hm ph: 520-586-2244 Two of three previous SNe in M101 have reached about magn 12, easily reachable in a 6-inch reflector. The new SN in M101 has already risen a couple magnitudes to magn. 14.8 according to a nice image by Bob Koff (bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ). Too bad it's in such a bad location in the sky for us mid-latitude people. In particular for me it's in the Tucson sky glow... Clear skies, Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy) ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx> To: amastro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amastro] M101 supernova? Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:03:45 -0700 <!--CTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dt--><p><span style="display: none;"> </span></p> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position: relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--><div id="ygrp-text"><p>Hitoshi Yamaoka passes along the notice that a very young<br>supernova may have been found in M101. Coordinates are:<br>14 03 05.8 +54 16 25 (J2000), with the discovery image here:<br><br><a href="http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/n5457s1.jpg";>http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/n5457s1.jpg</a><br><br>The discovery announcement through the ATel system is here:<br><br><a href="http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read581";>http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read581</a><br><br>Although mag 17 at discovery, the possibility is that it will<br>brighten to something mag 11 in a couple weeks. The galaxy of course<br>is low in the northwest at dusk, so viewing will have to happen<br>soon for many of us. 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