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Originally Posted by lepton3
Hmm, maybe it's crying wolf once again. It is dimming already, which I think would not be expected so soon for a proper SN.
Here's an image from last night (Rc filter, reference magnitudes are from UCAC4).
-Ivan
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Not really, the Supernova was recovered/discovered on the 24/7/2012
20 days later it was at mag 17.4 so it is nearly three months since discovery, so that is a reasonable time for a type 11n Supernova to remain visible before starting to fade.
See this chart for a light curve for the different types of Supernovae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...ght_curves.png
Cheers
