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This Type Ia has been around for a bit this month as it slowly has brightened. It is currently listed at mag 13.9 in Sky Tools 3 and at 13.8 at the Rochester site (linked below).
I observed it on 13 October at the dark site with the 17.5 inch. It was easy at 110x though seeing made it fade and brighten at times. I estimated it at around mag 14.0 at the time. Its host, NGC 514 is a barred spiral galaxy in Pisces that glows at magnitude 11.6. Its angular dimensions are 3.5’x2.8’ which yields a surface brightness of around 14.0. The SN is positioned about 46" ENE of the galaxy center. Here is an image (from Steve Bellavia) showing its position relative to the core. Good luck.
Scopes: Astro Sky 17.5 f/4.5 Dob || Apertura AD12 f/5 Dob || Zhumell Z10 f/4.9 Dob ||
ES AR127 f/6.5 || ES ED80 f/6 || Apertura 6" f/5 Newtonian
Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
EPs: AT 82° 28mm UWA || TV Ethos 100° 21mm and 13mm || Vixen LVW 65° 22mm ||
ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
Filters (2 inch): DGM NPB || Orion Ultra Block, O-III and Sky Glow || Baader HaB
Primary Field Atlases: Uranometria All-Sky Edition and Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas
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