M82 supernovae light curve

[DaveNicko]

OK. I know it's not a variable star, but the following is a link to the light curve of the recent supernova in M82:

http://www.aavso.org/lcg/plot?auid=000-BLG-310&starname=PSN+J09554214%2B6940260&lastdays=20&start=2456678&stop=2456698&obscode=&obscode_symbol=2&obstotals=yes&calendar=calendar&forcetics=&grid=on&visual=on&r=on&fainterthan=on&bband=on&v=on&pointsize=1&width=800&height=450&mag1=&mag2=&mean=&vmean=

Obviously there isn't much data yet, but it will be interesting to follow over the coming weeks.

And a chart in case you want to generate some data yourself:

http://www.aavso.org/tmp3/d8520.png

I haven't even begun to record variable stars yet, and I am away next week so won't be able to do this. It would be interesting to see if anyone else out there is going to have a go though!

Dave.

[DaveNicko]

The second link seems to be broken now. But you can go to the following link:

http://www.aavso.org/vsp/

And enter "sn 2014j" to get the chart. I had another look tonight and estimate mag 11.25-11.5, which is quite some variation! But to be fair it's the first time I've ever noted the magnitude of an object..

[lunator]

I had a look a couple of days ago through the 15x70 binos but couldn't see it. I am hoping to try again tonight.

Cheers

Ian

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Here are some plots I made with the AAVSO VSP tool

The first is a correct image at 15 deg FOV (useful for TelRad or RACI finder, the second is similar at 4.5 deg, and the third is for my SCT with diagonal (mirrored, but upright) at 1 deg