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[George N]

George N,
That's a nice image of Hickson 68. Was this taken using your MI-250 mount? I also have one
and absolutely love it.
Ron Abbott

No..... it was taken at Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal, NY --  https://www.kopernik.org/

 

I used their Optical Guidance Systems 20-inch F/8 RC -- on an OGS 100 GEM, and with a FLI ProLine CCD with 1001e chip.

 

And yes, I do love my MI-250 - but not in the same class as an OGS mount with 15-inch Byres drive gears.

[thedarksideobservatory]

My image from June 30, 2019.

 

[Araguaia]

Wow!  The SN is still there in the image, but I have observed the Hickson 68 group carefully the past couple of nights, and could not see it, even though I could see NGC 5358 rather easily, trace the arms of NGC 5353 a long way out, and even see hints of structure in NGC 5350.

 

What would be the apparent magnitude of the SN now?

[einarin]

Latest observations say fainter than mag 15.

http://www.rochester.../sn2019ein.html

[George N]

Latest observations say fainter than mag 15.

http://www.rochester.../sn2019ein.html

 

Wow!  The SN is still there in the image, but I have observed the Hickson 68 group carefully the past couple of nights, and could not see it, even though I could see NGC 5358 rather easily, trace the arms of NGC 5353 a long way out, and even see hints of structure in NGC 5350.

 

What would be the apparent magnitude of the SN now?

I saw it in a friend's 22-inch Dob on June 3rd -- from Cherry Springs in PA (SQM was about 21.85 that night).