M51 › Forums › Deep Sky › M51 This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 7 months ago by Nick James. Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) Author Posts 16 March 2019 at 11:14 pm #574283 David SwanParticipant The intermediate luminosity red transient in M51 is well within reach of novice-intermediate imagers. It is nice to see a change in a familiar object. Thanks to Guy Hurst for flagging this. 18 March 2019 at 9:21 pm #580871 Nick JamesParticipant Here’s an image of the transient taken tonight in a very bright sky with the Moon very nearby. I need to re-do my flats! 18 March 2019 at 11:37 pm #580873 Robin LeadbeaterParticipant There’s another returning supernova impostor (An LBV in NGC4559) which might be in range currently (It was mag 17.5 a couple of weeks ago.) http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2012/lbvn4559.html Robin 19 March 2019 at 7:24 am #580876 Nick JamesParticipant There is also a bright nova in M31 at the moment discovered by Hornoch and Zhang. It was fainter than mag 18 at discovery but I measured AT2019bsd as 15.1 unfiltered (ref UCAC-4 R) last night. It is sitting on TNS with no spectral confirmation. Author Posts Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Connect with :Login with Sheep CRM Log In