Well, if I got it, it is BEFORE the official discovery photo -- so I wish I had studied it more carefully, so I could have claimed discovery! IF I did get it, I think I know how I happened to get one quite a bit earlier than others. It could be a SN that is visible for quite a few days. I was so eager to try for a galaxy photo that I went out on a night when the moon was in a very bad phase for astronomy -- it was pretty close to full. So I waited until something like 3 a.m., when the moon set, before I could get some pictures. I took a slew of M51 views. Then, again assuming that it really is the SN, nobody else was photographing M51 during the full moon stage and for a while afterward. Then came the discovery view. Anyway, that's a theory. I may submit the photo to the web site that shows the SN. Thanks, Joe On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 astrodeb@charter.net wrote:
Joe,
I clearly see a spot in the spiral arm where it was discovered. You got it! I guess it teaches us to be more observant with our photos. I'm taking my 4" refractor out tonight. It would be interesting to see if I can see it in a 4" scope.
Keep up those astrophotos,
Debbie
From: Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> Date: 2005/07/06 Wed PM 03:33:35 MDT To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] My M51 photos -- SN?
Joe, on both of your photos there does seem to be a bright object at the location of the supernova, to my eye at least.
C.
--- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
I'm resending this because, as pointed out, the previous heading sounded like one of those Internet scams.
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