Yeah, I'm pretty much guaranteed a job for life. It is a bit frustrating to know that light from multiple supernovae are on their way from every one of those galaxies. I just have to hope I'm imaging when it arrives. Which reminds me of my "one that got away" story. In summer 2012 I'd been running my search program a few nights in a row but then came my monthly lecture at Bryce Canyon so no searching that night. As is my habit I drove home right after the talk and when I got home I found an email indicating that someone had found a bright SN in one of the galaxies I'd been working that week (M-33, IIRC). Ugh! And to make matters worse I exchanged emails with the discoverer and found that he'd found it much later in the night than I would have imaged it had I only been home. Oh well, maybe I'll get one tomorrow. :) patrick On 10 Dec 2013, at 11:03, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Ah but are they still supernova-free? Better look again!
------------------------------ On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 6:32 AM MST Wiggins Patrick wrote:
Well, there's one handy thing about these cold temps. I run my camera at -10 year round. In July and August it sometimes has problems cooling down that far. But tonight I didn't even need to turn the cooling circuit on as ambient has been between around -14 all night.
Sure is a dry cold too. I've been open for a bit shy of 11 hours tonight and there no frost on the scope.
patrick
p.s. I can certify at least 320 galaxies to be supernova free tonight...