Well, I did see it! NGC 2811 in Hydra was on my observing list and it
looked strangely double lobed in the 14.5 inch Teleport. I guess the
supernova and other star made the galaxy look that way. After checking NSOC
I convinced myself I was just seeing the foreground star looking blurry.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [TAC] Supernova at FP?
>Rumors made it down to the FPOA area that a supernova was seen by those at
>the SW lot last Saturday. Can anyone tell me what galaxy it was in? I
have
>a feeling I may have seen it as well.
>
>Andrew Pierce
I brought an image for SN 2005am to the SW lot. This Type Ia
supernova was discovered 2/22, is currently at about mag 13.5 (still
rising), and was visible Saturday as the brighter member of what
looked like a double star in the outskirts of NGC2811.
This site;
http://www.supernovae.net/snimages/index.html
has useful details and images for this and other recently discovered
supernovae. I check the supernovae site before heading out for
observing from a dark site to see if there are any interesting new
targets.
-David Kingsley
Received on Tue Mar 8 11:42:04 2005