Visual Observation of SN1999em (Chester) From: chester.geoff@usno.navy.mil Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:16:12 -0500 Observer: Geoff Chester Location: Middleburg, Virginia (38.98N, 77.70W) Instrument: 37-cm Newtonian, 13mm Nagler eyepiece, at 127X Naked-eye limiting magnitude at SN's location in sky: 5.5 Observation time: 991105.22 Estimated visual magnitude: 13.5, +/- 0.1 Sequence: Arne Henden's sequence, cf. vsnet-chat 2384 Cheers, Geoff +===========================================================+ | Geoff Chester grc@usno.navy.mil Public Affairs Office | | http://vsnet.usno.navy.mil US Naval Observatory | | (202) 762-1438 3450 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | | (202) 762-1489 (FAX) Washington, DC 20392 | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | "Each passing hour brings the Solar System 43,000 miles | | closer to the globular cluster M13 in Hercules; yet there | | are still some misfits who insist there's no such thing | | as progress!" -- Ransom K. Fern | +===========================================================+