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Old 29-10-2012, 02:50 PM
Rob_K
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Originally Posted by Park123 View Post
Hi all,
It currently sits at mag 15.10 and rising fast. This could be the supernova of the year and makes a fantastic target for astro imagers.
This new target will be typed by the professionals in the next day or so and if it is a type Ia could reach a peak mag of 12.5-13 well in range of small telescopes.
An ATel has been posted, indicating that from a spectrum obtained on 28.53 Oct it is a young type 1a supernova about 11 days from maximum:
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=4525

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