------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2711 2011 Feb 06 16.18UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 2011B IN NGC 2655 Further to the comment on TA E-=Circular 2709 regarding uncertainties in comparison star magnitudes from catalogues, the AAVSO has now carried out photometry and made available a new chart. To download visit: http://aavso.org/ and type in SN 2011B (inclusion of space important) and click 'create a finder chart'. There are options after the initial result to set scale and orientation to suit your telescope/CCD equipment. Guy Hurst reports revision (cf E2709) and extension to results using the Sierra Stars 0.61-m Cass with a V filter: 2011 Jan 26.60UT, 12.9; Feb 1.34, 13.1; Feb 6.328, 13.5 Please send results daily to the editor quoting: Date and Time (UT, h m), magnitude, full estimate, filter, instrument and sequence reference. If you have sent earlier results which need re-reduction on this latest AAVSO sequence please advise amendments. Guy M Hurst