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Observations, Sep 10, 2011
(JD2455815)

Thanks to early notification of supernova SN2011fe in M101, a quick trip to the observatory allowed me to capture this visual image and spectrograph early in the evening, before high altitude clouds started obscuring observations.  SN2011fe can clearly be seen to outshine the core of its own galaxy. A quick glance at the the spectrograph shows the classic set of emission and blue shifted absorption lines typical of a Type Ia supernova.