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SN 2012ei in NGC 5611

SN 2012ei in NGC 5611

On Aug 22 2012 a supernova was discovered in NGC 5611 a small galaxy in western Bootes. It took awhile for that pesky Moon to get out of the way so it wasn't until the night of Sept. 4th that I was able to grab a look. This is how I saw things with my f/3.3, 20" dob at 275X magnification during that short window of time between end of twilight and Moonrise. The galaxy has a visual magnitude of around 12.7 and the SN 13.5 at the time of this observation and sketch. Unfortunately the starfield in this area is really devoid of stars creating what I consider a really boring sketch.