Supernova Search Charts

[uts_synergy]

I was inspired by this article about Rev. Robert Evans (http://www.fiveoclockwave.com/2008/11/like-our-sun-stars-we-see-in-evening.html) (discovered 41 supernova and one comet). Does anyone know if it is possible to obtain up to date charts that can be used for trying to identify a supernova and most probable locations?

Thanks in advance - Mike.

[AstralTraveller]

Mike, I don't know if they are still in print but there have been a couple of second hand sets advertised in the classifieds here recently.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=33907
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=35337

cheers,
Dave

[PeterM]

Hi Mike,
I don't think the Supernova Search Charts are in print anymore so the ones that were recently advertised on Ice In Space would be the best starting point, certainly if you intend to do your search visually. There was also a set of CCD images of Southern Galaxies available some years ago by Alex Wassilieff from Palmerston North in New Zealand, these were an excellent source for bright galaxies for visual search and many fainter ones for an imaging search, try a googling to see if available. If you have the equipment to undertake a CCD image search then building your own library of reference images is the very best way to go as you can directly compare future images to the references images you have taken. Another way is to make a list of the galaxies you are interested in and likely to observe often. To answer "most probable locations", then nearby spiral galaxies are a good starting point, you could also down load images from Digitised Sky Survey http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form There are stacks of images on the internet that you may also find useful, but make your list of targets first, then view them as often as you can. Bob Evans very much plays the numbers game, mind you he does hundreds per night.
Good Luck!
PeterM