Congratulations to Ron on his latest SN discovery in NGC 3938 on May 25.969 at mag 17.6
Spectroscopy showed in to be a Type 1c SN.
NGC 3938 is face on spiral in Ursa Major. A lovely target for imaging.
Well done Ron!
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Supernova 2017ein discovered by Ron Arbour
Fri, 2017-05-26 21:28
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Supernova 2017ein discovered by Ron Arbour
Yes, many congratulations to Ron. Here's an image of the new SN taken a couple of minutes ago.
I was struck by how obvious the 17th mag SN was, despite being seen against the spiral arm.
Taken with a Starlight Trius 694 and an Altair 10" RC. 8x 60s exposures centred on 224139UT on 26th May 2017.