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[vsnet-obs 24834] Observation of SN 1999em



Greetings, all...

Took advantage of a lull (!) in the Leonids to secure another observation of
SN1999em.

Observer:  Geoff Chester	

Location:  Middleburg, Virginia, USA (38.98N, 77.70W)

Instrument:  20-cm f/6 Newtonian, 15mm Panoptic eyepiece with 2.5x Barlow
lens, 203X

Naked-eye limiting magnitude at SN's location in sky: 5.7

Observation time: 991118.29

Estimated visual magnitude: 13.6, +/- 0.1

Sequence:  Arne Henden's sequence, cf. vsnet-chat 2384

Cheers,

Geoff

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