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Originally Posted by Suzy
Guess I'll be giving this object a miss with my 10".
Bring on those naked eye supernovas (reflections of 1987A) where the whole sky is one big apperture  .
Robert:
I keep meaning to say this, so now I'm just going to...
Your posts are AWESOME reading- keep up the good work, it is appreciated.  Your comments on galaxies are terrific contributions to visual observing and science forum threads.
Thank you.  |
Why, thank you kindly, Suzy. The posts sometimes take some effort, especially the recent calcs that I did regarding the new SN.
Ron's estimate of the magnitude of the new Supernova (14.8 ) seems about right, and it is in accord with the preliminary measurement by Drescher.
However, I think we need some more measurements in order to confirm the magnitude of this SN!
As you can guess from Ron's comment about my post about magnitude limits of various telescopes, 15 is probably the limit for a 10 inch in dark and transparent skies.
(there are occasional reports of fainter magn. limits with a 10 inch telescope, but these are not significant for ordinary observers under ordinary good conditions)