Binocular-visible supernova in Ursa Major |
Binocular-visible supernova in Ursa Major |
Sep 2 2011, 03:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Supernova that was observed August 24, within 24 hours of outburst, is visible in the Pinwheel Galaxy using binoculars or a small telescope. Has anyone seen it yet? My skies have been cloudy since this was announced.
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Sep 2 2011, 06:41 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
I'll be hard-pressed to find M101 in Austin's "dark" skies, lol, but I plan to look for it once I return from our micro-vacation this weekend.
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Sep 27 2011, 11:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
Supernova in M101 galaxy is still visible even with small instruments (>15×80 binocular, or >100 monocular).
This is image from 3×50 Exelon NV + Canon A570IS (30×8s exposures with ISO200). Date 25.9.2011. Resolution is very low, only ~2 arcmin. -------------------- |
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