Posted by Brian Skiff to amastro:
> The _nth_ supernova in NGC 6946 has been discovered. The position
>is given as: 20 35 25.4 +60 07 18 (J2000), and magnitude 13. The location
>is on the east side of the galaxy. A chart prepared by Reinder Bouma
>is posted here: http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro/vs-charts/sn2004et.htm
This one should be a real winner to observe, as the galaxy is paired
beautifully with the big open cluster NGC6939. This is a real "eye candy"
pair... and now... a supernova to add an exclamation point to it!
Get it while its hot!
Mark
Received on Wed Sep 29 12:14:26 2004