Supernova SNF20080720-001 photographed at THO.

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Supernova SNF20080720-001 was discovered by the SN Factory in July 20. 2008. It is a type Ia and it was 16.6 magnitudes bright at the moment of the photographing. The supernova was faintly visible when Veli-Pekka Hentunen photographed it 30./31.7.2008 in Taurus Hill Observatory. The galaxy itself (IRAS 01026+3735) is also a very dim object.

Observer: Veli-Pekka Hentunen