Brian Skiff in another group writes:

Of course the moon may interfere a tad.




>CBET 1867, issued today, reports that Berto Monard in South>Africa has found a
likely supernova in Messier 66. He reports the
>magnitude as 15.8, i.e. rather faint, but it is possible at least
>that it has been caught in the early stages and could brighten
>considerably. If it's an unobscured type I event, it ought to get
>up to mag 12 or so. The position is given as 11 20 17.0 +12 58 47
>(J2000), nominally 28" east and 42" south of the nucleus of the
>galaxy (NGC 3627).
>
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>\Brian