SN2006X

Afternoon all,

Just thought I'd share the image that I took last night of SN2006X in
M100 (type Ia for those who are interested). I used the OU's Meade LX200
16" with a SBIG STL-1001 and a clear filter (the sky is way too polluted
to try it with a V, B or R filter).

http://observatory.open.ac.uk/news.html and follow the link

It should be quite an easy target for you all as it has a visual
magnitude of roughly 15.0 (and brightening).

Cheers,
JohnT
http://physics.open.ac.uk/~jdtanner

"John D. Tanner" wrote in message
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Afternoon all,

Just thought I'd share the image that I took last night of SN2006X in
M100 (type Ia for those who are interested). I used the OU's Meade LX200
16" with a SBIG STL-1001 and a clear filter (the sky is way too polluted
to try it with a V, B or R filter).

http://observatory.open.ac.uk/news.html and follow the link

It should be quite an easy target for you all as it has a visual
magnitude of roughly 15.0 (and brightening).


Hi John,

Pity about the moon . I would be tempted to try for a low resolution
spectrum, but mag15 is about my limit in perfect conditions. Hopefully it
will not be long past maximum when the moon is out of the way.

Robin
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