[vsnet-chat 1331] Re: SN 1998eb in NGC 1961 (W. P. Johnson)

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

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From: "Johnson, Wayne P" <Wayne.Johnson@West.Boeing.com>
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        "'stefano pesci'"
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Stefano,

It was also quite low on the horizon causing a lot of atmospheric
extinction, which I think was the bigger problem in detecting this event.
Dawn light probably wasn't helping either.

Clear skies to all,
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)

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> Subject: 	Re: SN 1998eb in NGC 1961
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> Dear Friends,
> 
> according to my sources NGC 1961 has a distance modulus
> in the 33.3-34 range. If the sn is type Ia then its
> apparent magnitude at maximun would have been in the 15.0
> 15.5 range, easily detectable visually, within the time
> frame indicated by IAUC 7018.
> 
> I suspect though that the supernova is quite absorbed by 
> the host galaxy and may have not reached that brightness.
> 
> Good observing.
> 
> 
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> Stefano Pesci, peste@micronet.it, Milan, ITALY
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