Dave Mitsky
31-March-2005, 04:40 PM
On Tuesday night, 2005/03/30 UT, I had the opportunity to observe the recent supernova SN 2005 once again. My friend Tony Donnangelo and I viewed this type Ia exploding star from a club dark site with the aid of his 14.5" Starmaster Sky Tracker Dobsonian and a 5.2mm Pentax XL ocular. Contrary to the forecasts, it was extremely windy that night so we had to wait for momentary lapses in the gusts to able to positively identify SN 2005am.
I also observed it last night, 2005/03/31, using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at the ASH Naylor Observatory. At 259x (25mm University Optics MK-70) the 14th magnitude supernova was clearly separated from the nearby field star that makes the pair resemble a binary star.
For more on SN 2005am see my report at http://www.universetoday.com/forum/index.p...?showtopic=6791 (http://www.universetoday.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6791) and http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/ (http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages)
Dave Mitsky
I also observed it last night, 2005/03/31, using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at the ASH Naylor Observatory. At 259x (25mm University Optics MK-70) the 14th magnitude supernova was clearly separated from the nearby field star that makes the pair resemble a binary star.
For more on SN 2005am see my report at http://www.universetoday.com/forum/index.p...?showtopic=6791 (http://www.universetoday.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6791) and http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/ (http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages)
Dave Mitsky