Click on the image for a full-sized version. Thanks to Joe Pow!

There's another supernova for small telescopes! SN 2013ej in the nearby face-on spiral galaxy M74 was discovered on July 25 by the automated supernova search at Lick Observatory. We've been following it at the RIT Observatory since July 27.

• Astronomy at RIT
• Weather and events
• Clear Sky Clock weather prediction for Rochester
• NOAA weather page for Buffalo/Rochester area Thanks to the NOAA!
• JPL's Space Calendar
• Map to the Observatory
• Facilities
• We are one of the sites in the Center for Backyard Astrophysics
• RIT offers astronomy courses
  • at the undergraduate level, in the Astronomy minor
  • at the graduate level, in the Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D. program
• Past observing sessions at RIT
  including observations of WZ Sge during summer 2001, V603 Aql during summer 2003, SN 2011fe in the fall of 2011, and the transit of Venus on June 5, 2012.
• Astronomical Images
• The Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Sciences
  is Rochester's amateur astronomy club, and it's a great one. They meet each month on the RIT Campus, in room A300 of Building 8.
• Other Interesting/Useful Web Sites

Michael Richmond
Department of Physics
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 475-2538
mwrsps@rit.edu