Full aperture this time and close to the meridian so higher in the sky but a nearly full Moon a few degrees away is pretty well washing out any detail in the galaxy. But the SN sure is bright. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/3239.jpg patrick On 10 Jan 2012, at 23:45, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Hi Jay,
Thanks for the heads up.
First thing I did after reading your post was to check to see if 3239 was on the list of galaxies I imaged last night.
It wasn't so I didn't need to keep myself from breaking something. :)
So then I got this quick shot: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/3239.jpg
Considering it's only a 30 second exposure and the galaxy is so low I'm using less than half aperture the SN must be bright.
patrick
On 10 Jan 2012, at 23:31, Jay Eads wrote:
Looks like a Type II in NGC 3239 an irregular galaxy in Leo with visual mag. of 11.9 (the galaxy is 11.9). Here is the link<http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html#2012A> http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html#2012A to New Supernova while Sky & Telescope's new addition Camille Carlisle has a blog entry on it that is well done located here<http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/New-Supernova-in-Leo-136977918.html> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/New-Supernova...
It started at 14.6, then to 14.4 and is currently at 13.9. Once the moon gets out of the way and as it continues to brighten it just might brighten enough for viewing by new moon. Lets hope so.
-- Jay Eads