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SN in NGC 5128
Hi All
I tried to observe the supernova visually this morning in my 16" reflector and despite reasonably good seeing (which allowed me to use magnification up to 480x), I couldn't see it. I could see down to a limit of around magnitude 15.5 as a mag 15.0 field star nearby was easily visible. I saw on TNS that someone had measured a V mag of 15.7 last night, so I probably just missed it. However the biggest challenge was it being very close to a bright mag 12 field star.
Oh well it was worth the effort!
Regards
Andrew Pearce (WA)
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