Galaxy UGC 11683, Supernova 2001fc

Galaxies UGC 11683 & MCG 3-54-2 - Supernova 2001 fc

Galaxies UGC 11683 & MCG 3-54-2, SN 2001fc; CCD image thru 20 inch
This is a 13 minute exposure with an ST-9E CCD camera thru Kopernik's 20-inch F/8.1 Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain telescope taken on Nov. 7th, 2001 at 1:30 UT. The field of view is 8x8 arc minutes with North at the top.

Supernova 2001fc:

Discovered: October 28th, 2001, by by Tim Puckett and L. Cox.
Magnitude 17.5 at discovery, and about 17.0 in the Kopernik image.
Type: unknown.

Follow this Link to a NASA Web site on supernovas. It has a very nice animation and a description of what these objects are.

UGC 11683 and MCG 3-54-2 form a loose pair of galaxies in Delphinus. They are roughly 264 million light years away. There is also another dim anonymous galaxy near the pair, but it is probably a background object.

UGC 11683

Magnitude: 15.2

Constellation: Delphinus

RA: 21h 08m 26.6s

Dec: +18° 11' 28" Epoch 2000

Size (mins): 1.1' x 0.3'

Classification: Scd:

Spiral, {uncertain}

MCG 3-54-2

Magnitude: 14.6

Constellation: Delphinus

RA: 21h 08m 18.8s

Dec: +18° 12' 10" Epoch 2000

Size (mins): 0.8'

Classification: Elliptical Galaxy

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George Normandin, KAS

November 10th, 2001