I was able to observe this SN last night from a local dark site.
25" f4 Obsession, ParraCorr II, 13 Ethos
Transparency 7/10, Seeing 4/10, Nelm 5.5
Unfortunately the view of the galaxy was diminished due to lack of contrast (from snow on the ground scattering light pollution), and from lousy seeing. The galaxy appeared to be inclined with a stellar core. It also had an embedded field star that sits a little south / east of the core within the main bar. No other detail was observed in the galaxy. However the supernova was BRIGHT. It sat quite a distance away from the visible part of the galaxy and therefore lacked the "classic SN" look of being involved with the galaxy.
Last edited by skyraider; January 20th, 2018 at 05:56 AM.
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