On the night of March 30/08 I revisited the super nova, but this time with my 12.5 inch dob. Even though I was observing with increased aperture over the previous observation it was quite evident that the SN had increased in brightness. The SN was much easier to see than the 13th magnitude star that lies at the east end of the galaxy.

This sketch represents how I saw things using an f/5 12.5 inch dob at 180X. The observation was made from the Godin-Newton Observatory at Pearson College.