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..... I did glimpse the prominent star superimposed near the core and detected spiral structure.

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It's actually currently marked as magnitude 14.2 at this website:

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/index.html

I think 14.2 might've been just a tad-bit beyond what seeing .....
Clear Skies,
Brandon Doyle

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In the picture I posted above you can clearly see that the SN is dimmer than the bright star to it's left. According to the USNO-A star catalog that star is 14th mag. I measured the magnitude of the SN as 15.0 (both broad band and blue) in my image (taken June 4, 2011 at 4:40 UT).

It would seem that this SN is fading fast.

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I tried it visually tonight but failed to glimpse it in a 6" under 5.5 skies with 7/10 seeing. If it is 13.5, it might have been doable. I did glimpse the prominent star superimposed near the core and detected spiral structure.

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It's actually currently marked as magnitude 14.2 at this website:

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/index.html

I think 14.2 might've been just a tad-bit beyond what seeing might've allowed you to see. However, don't give up!

Clear Skies,
Brandon Doyle

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And don't spare the magnification when trying. On Saturday night, myself and a couple of other club members were doing somepoutreach at a Girl Guide camp. I had my little 6 inch dob with me. I've seen the SN easily with my 12.5" so wanted to give it a shot with my little one. The SQM reading was 21.33 and I'd say the seeing was a solid 7/10 as gamma Virginis was an easy split at 240X. At 240X the SN was suspected maybe 50% of the time with averted vision but at 300X (4mm UWAN) two of us were able to maintain a steady view 100% of the time with averted vision. The third member of our group couldn't make it out mostly because he hadn't seen this SN before so didn't know where to look.

Bill

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