Supernova sn2006x in M100

There is new supernova in M100 - sn2006x. It is currently at mag 15
but is expected to increase to mag 12 over the next 2 weeks. Here's a
link to the SN-Web page with discovery photos.

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2006/sn2006x.html

M100 is NGC4321 in Coma Berenices at J122252.80+154912.0, V 10.6, size
5.2'x5'. M100 currently does not rise high enough for observing for
North American OPs until after 2:00am.

SEDS entry on M100 -
http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m100.html

Hubble's 1994 image of M100 -
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/1.../large_web.jpg

- Canopus56 (Kurt)

WOW that is SUPER COOL!! Or really HOT which ever your looking for.

Thing we will see ANY neutrinos out of it?


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There is new supernova in M100 - sn2006x. It is currently at mag 15
but is expected to increase to mag 12 over the next 2 weeks. Here's a
link to the SN-Web page with discovery photos.

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2006/sn2006x.html

M100 is NGC4321 in Coma Berenices at J122252.80+154912.0, V 10.6, size
5.2'x5'. M100 currently does not rise high enough for observing for
North American OPs until after 2:00am.

SEDS entry on M100 -
http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m100.html

Hubble's 1994 image of M100 -
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/1.../large_web.jpg

- Canopus56 (Kurt)

Mark F. wrote:
WOW that is SUPER COOL!! Or really HOT which ever your looking for.
Thing we will see ANY neutrinos out of it?

I don't know enough about the physics of novae to know the answer to
your question. Maybe someone else here will. - C

Originally Posted by canopus56

Mark F. wrote:
WOW that is SUPER COOL!! Or really HOT which ever your looking for.
Thing we will see ANY neutrinos out of it?

I don't know enough about the physics of novae to know the answer to
your question. Maybe someone else here will. - C

I'm given to understand the extremely brief tremendous neutrino burst at the core passes out through the star virtually instantly [stellar matter is effectively transparent to neutrinos] BEFORE the visual explosion reaches the surface but travelling slightly under lightspeed both events arrive here[?] about the same time. To my knowledge nobody has witnessed the instant of [visually] SNe explosion.

Eyeballs apparently make fairly good neutrino detectors [as flashes] but difficult to correlate to known events.

Nytecam