That's one of those where the SN puts out more light then the galaxy....
almost anyway...

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Regards, Doug W.
www.photonsfate.com
"George Normandin" wrote in message
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Image taken with SBIG STL-1301E thru an OGS 20-inch F/8 RC Cass at 2:30 UT
on May 1, 2008. My focus was a little off on this one and a sattlite when
thru one of the eleven 60 second subexposures.

SN 2008bt is a type Ia and I measured it at magnitude 16.3.

NGC 3404 (aka IC 2609) is not much of a galaxy for small telescopes at
magnitude 14 and 2 arc minutes. The type is uncertain, but is probably a
barred spiral seen edge-on.

For more info see: http://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/n3404.htm

George N