Hi All,
There is a potential Supernova in M99:
http://remanzacco.blogspot.com.au/20...99-galaxy.html
I managed to escape to the ASV Leon Mow Dark Sky Site yesterday before the heatwave came back and snapped a quick image of M99 with my 22" f/3.6 Dob and Sony NEX5N. The galaxy was quite low at 35 degrees altitude with rather horrible seeing.
56x15sec (ISO 3200) images stacked in DSS, quick processing in Photoshop CC to reveal what is there.
I tried to see it visually but at 180x magnification I could not split it from the core and at 260x it was too dim to confidently detect it.
Cheers,
Alex