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Originally Posted by astroron
I have just come in from observing this galaxy/supernova. I estimate that it is slightly brighter than last night, about 13mag, comparing it to the 12.5mag star at the opposite end of the galaxy.
I was able to see it with a 21mm eyepiece, 87xmag even though the 4 day old moon was not too far away.
best view was with a 13mm nagler+ 2xbarlow=282x mag.
unfortunatly the moon and the brighter evenings are going to make observing this supernova difficult in the future.
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Observed the Supernova again last night 29/09/08 17:00 through some cloud and lightening flashes from the N/NW, the galaxy was about 20 deg high.
The Supernova was easely seen with the same equipment as above post.
I would estimate that it has faded by about a couple of tenths of a magnitude
but was still seen in the 21mm plossl a little later on as the night progressed and the clouds went away from the southwest.
The galaxy seemed more prominant than my last observation even though the seeing wasn't as good.
I observed about another 30 galaxies before the Moonglow halted any more Supernova searching
