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M51 Supernova

Started by kmichaelm, 07/04/2005 04:28AM
Posted 07/04/2005 04:28AM Opening Post
A new supernova (1325+47B SUPERNOVA 2005cs) in M51 was discovered June 28 by Wolfgang Kloehr, Schweinfurt, Germany. It is at ~ 14th magnitude but is expected to peak at 10.6. A chart is available at:

http://www.aavso.org/tmp/ngc5194-tb.png