Dave Mitsky
03-August-2004, 11:30 AM
An eleventh magnitude supernova was discovered on 2004/07/31.76 by Koichi Itagaki. SN 2004dj is located approximately 160" east and 10" north of the nucleus of NGC 2403, an 8.5 magnitude spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis, at 7h37m17s, +65d35'58". This supernova is unusually bright and has already been observed with only 90mm of aperture.
See http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2004/n2403s1.jpg for an image of SN 2004dj.
Dave Mitsky
See http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2004/n2403s1.jpg for an image of SN 2004dj.
Dave Mitsky