Thanks Chuck but I'm not opening any bubbly just yet. I did get a confirming image from another observatory so I know it's real. But it's so bright I can't help but think the survey scopes or so other amateur got it first. I have reported it. Now I just have to wait. BTW, while working the "whatever it is" I received an alert about a possible GRB. So I swung the scope over and shot the field. And much to my surprise there's something there. Now I just have to find out if that's real too. What a night. patrick On 14 Jan 2014, at 06:18, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks like you might have snagged one. Any way to tell if it's a SN or foreground ordinary nova before taking spectral data?
Congrats!
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
Well, whatever it is it's still there. Has not moved relative to the galaxy. Image showing the galaxy a few nights ago on the left and tonight on the right:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/NGC3448_2014JAN06-14.JPG