ASTRO: M-61 and Supernova 1999gn

M-61 has been the host of supernovae in 1926, 1961, 1964, and 1999. Here's
my image of SN 1999gn taken at 5:50UT on April 1, 2000 using our old ST-6
CCD camera. SN 1999gn was a pretty bright Type II that was bright enough to
see visually in large backyard scopes.

George N

does the GN stand for George Normandin :-)


"George Normandin" wrote in message
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M-61 has been the host of supernovae in 1926, 1961, 1964, and 1999. Here's
my image of SN 1999gn taken at 5:50UT on April 1, 2000 using our old ST-6
CCD camera. SN 1999gn was a pretty bright Type II that was bright enough
to see visually in large backyard scopes.

George N

"Richard Crisp" wrote
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does the GN stand for George Normandin :-)


Alas, I'm afraid not! I did visually observe a SN in M-51 just about the
time everyone else discovered it. I noted it in my log as a possible SN and
forgot about it for a few days until the 'big news' came out. I *will*
probably discover the asteroid that wipes us all out a week later.........

....but, ya know, I've always liked SN 1999gn for some reason......

George N