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Old 26-05-2010, 06:52 PM
thunderchildobs
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Originally Posted by multiweb View Post
Congrats! Terrific how you guys pick up those tiny specks.
I downloaded images of the 6000 galaxies in my search from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) (9gig of data at dial up, took 3 weeks).

When I take an image, I visual compare it to the DSS image and to a existing image I have. I know others who blink compare their images.

Remember you do not have to check the entire field, but only the region around the galaxy. (But I do look for any stray fuzziness just in case there is comet passing through). In this case the supernova stood out like a sore thumb. (How a mag 17.2 star stands out is an interesting concept). I probably noticed the supernova in under 10 seconds.

Brendan
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