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Old 16-02-2013, 10:33 AM
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Hi All

I visually observed the supernova this morning. Apologies, I made a mistake with my previous post. The variable star reasonably close by is RT Lup not R Lup. Anyway at Feb 15.797 UT I made it mag 11.4.

It was a busy night with two bright comets (C/2012 F6 at mag 5.6 and C/2011 L4 at mag 4.5), the flyby of 2012 DA14 (which was easily followed with a variety of telescopes) and a whole host of interesting variable stars. The universe is still a very active place at the moment.

Regards
Andrew
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