From: Alan Friedman <alan@greatarrow.com>
Date: March 21, 2012 11:10:30 AM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Super Nova just south of Mars
That image showing Mars in the same field of view is an incredible perspective.
Alan
On Mar 21, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Milton Aupperle wrote:
Hi Folks;
Apparently a star went Super Nova in the vicinity of Galaxy M95:
http://spaceweather.com/
It's still brightening and is around Mag 13.5 now.
The interesting part is Galaxy M95 is just 1° south of Mars, so it
would be quite easy to find.
If the CSK is correct (and the 70+ kmph winds have die down) , I may
have a 3 hour window to try capturing it tonight. That an attempt at
capturing "makemake" (136472)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makemake_(dwarf_planet)
a ~ 17.2 magnitude Dwarf Planet out in the Kuiper Belt.
TTYL..
Milton J. Aupperle