not-too-super nova

I just got a note that there's a new supernova in M82, an easily visible galaxy near the Big Dipper.  Picture at http://www.universetoday.com/108386/bright-new-supernova-blows-up-in-nearby-m82-the-cigar-galaxy/


I was going to rush out tonight and take a look, but maybe I'll wait for it to get a little brighter.  That two-meter telescope has, let me see, 1600 times the light-gathering power of my four-inch.  That could cause eyestrain.


Joe