looks like a good target for an image ASAP
thanks for the head's up
rdc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Wagner" <mgw@No-Spam>
To: "tac" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:14 PM
Subject: [TAC] Bright supernova in NGC6946
>
> 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
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>
>
Received on Wed Sep 29 12:23:51 2004