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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Telescopic Observations _ Binocular-visible supernova in Ursa Major

Posted by: ilbasso Sep 2 2011, 03:09 PM

http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/08/25/supernova/ that was observed August 24, within 24 hours of outburst, is visible in the Pinwheel Galaxy http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/how-to-spot-a-supernova/. Has anyone seen it yet? My skies have been cloudy since this was announced.

Posted by: hendric Sep 2 2011, 06:41 PM

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.

Posted by: machi Sep 27 2011, 11:32 AM

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.