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2017eaw (= PSN
J20344424+6011359),
TNS discovered 2017/05/14.238 by Patrick Wiggins
Found in
NGC 6946 at
R.A. = 20h34m44s.238, Decl. = +60°11'36".00
Located 61".0 west and 143".0 north of the center of
NGC 6946 (Discovery
image (mirror))
Mag 12.7:5/18, Type IIP (zhost=0.000133) (References:
ATEL 10376,
10401,
10397,
10394,
10388,
10384,
10385,
10382,
10381,
10380,
10378,
10377,
10374,
10373,
10372,
CBET 4390
VSnet observations,
TOCP; SN
2008S,
2004et
2002hh,
1980K,
1969P,
1968D,
1948B,
1939C,
1917A)
2017eaw images sub-page |
A listing of Supernovae brighter than
17 Mag. can be found at this site
http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/
I will be monitoring
and calculate its magnitude (dimness) over time. As you can see by
the graph below, from the time I started to monitor it on Aug. 30 2011
it had increased in brightness. Please note that the smaller the
magnitude number the brighter the object is.
I will keep this graph
updated by getting at least one image a night (weather permitting) till
it is no longer visible.
If you are interested
in how to convert ADU ( Analog Digital Units) values to a
Magnitude value, check out this link
http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~physics/Contemp-Astronomy/starmag/starmag.html.
You will need the ADU and Magnitude numbers for a reference star
in the same field as the primary object as well as the ADU value of the
object in question. I use Nebulosity to get the ADU figures.
(This Page was last
changed
06/04/2017)


These measurements were taken in the visible light
without any color filters using an Orion SSP V2 on a SN8 at 5 minute
exposure dark subtracted and flat applied.
These images will be updated as I get more data.
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