Supernova PSN J14372160+3634018 in NGC 5695: an image (13 June 2015)
Supernova PSN J14372160+3634018 in NGC 5695: an image (13 June 2015)
The supernova PSN J14372160 in NGC 5695 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program.
The image above comes from the average of three, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. The supernova was estimated at mag. 16.3 (R mags for the reference stars from UCAC-4). The source is marked by two small segments. Spectroscopy shows it is a type II supernova.
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