Supernova in M77 [Archive]

wvreeven

November 25th, 2018, 08:46 PM

Hi all,

An m=13.6 supernova has been discovered in M77. See

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html#2018ivc

Clear skies, Wouter

Norman

November 26th, 2018, 05:06 PM

Hi Wouter,

wow - thanks for the hint!

CS
Norman

wvreeven

November 28th, 2018, 03:15 PM

Beware that the reported magnitude 13.6 is in the I (infrared) band. Visually it is about a magnitude fainter. See

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2018/sn2018ivc.html