Optical follow-up of SN2011ek
ATel #3550; R. Nesci, S. Sclavi (University La Sapienza, Roma Italy)
on 12 Aug 2011; 08:11 UT
Credential Certification: Roberto Nesci (roberto.nesci@uniroma1.it)
Prompted by ATel #3541 and CBET #2783, we observed the Supernova with the remote controlled TACOR 23.5cm telescope on top of the Department of Physics of La Sapienza University, Rome Italy, equipped with an Apogee U2 camera and R (Cousins) filter. A comparison sequence was taken from GSC2.3 catalogue. The source was at R=14.58 +/- 0.05 on August 11 00:30 UT (JD 2,455,784.521); it is therefore brighter than the discovery report (CBET #2783) as expected for a SN still in the rising phase.
