[vsnet-obs 29304] SN observation (GNo)

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:30:51 -0400
From: David Bishop <dbishop@vhdl.org>
Subject: Re: Supernova 2000de in NGC 4384

> George Normandin wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> As promised, the image of SN 2000de in NGC 4384 is posted at:
> http://vsnet.kopernik.org/images/archive/n4384.htm

Got it.  Nice image.

> As you mentioned, this SN is "buried" in a H II region near the nucleus of the
> galaxy. Also, I was fighting high cloud and a rising moon by the time I took
> this image. I was unable to get CCDsoft to provide a reading on the magnitude.
> However, just "eyeballing it" to one of the stars it appears to be roughly
> 16th magnitude.  How's that for "scientific accuracy" and "data reduction
> technique"!!  I'm sure my old physics lab instructors at RPI would be proud of
> me!  :)

The VSNet people thought of this when they put together their list.  You 
use a ":" for estimated measurements.  Thus:

>SN2000de 20000822.119 16.0: C  Kopernik

Would be the data point.

> I would think that this is the last SN until this time next month. However,
> with the scope getting better at pointing and tracking, and hopefully some
> additional clear weather in NY, the fall should produce a bumper crop of SNs!

Think you might make it up for RocheStar Fest this weekend?
http://vsnet.ggw.org/asras/rochestarfest.html


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reformatted:

SN2000de  20000822.119  160:C  GNo

and, previous observations from GNo (Kopernik Obs.) are:

SN2000cr  20000706.20   161C   GNo
SN2000cx  20000805.285 13.45C  GNo

, which will supersede below:

>SN2000cr  20000706.20  161C   G.Normandin(Kopernik Observatory)
>SN2000cx 2000805.285 13.45C   Kopernik

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