Dave Mitsky
18-August-2004, 03:09 AM
I finally got a chance to observe the bright supernova SN 2004dj this morning (2004/8/17) through my friend Tony Donnangelo's 14.5" Starmaster Sky Tracker Dob. The humidity was high and transparency rather poor and to make matters worse the only serious light dome present at our site in the Tuscarora State Forest was in the northeast but the supernova itself was quite easy to see using 22, 17, and 12mm Type 4 Naglers. NGC 2403, the parent galaxy, was completely lost in the haze, however.