The images were taken at Lane's Abbey Ridge Observatory on 31 December 2010 with a Celestron C14 0.36-meter f/5.5 telescope, and the supernova was spotted by them on 2 January 2011.
Citra supernova ini diabadikan di Observatorium Abbey Ridge pada 31 Desember 2010 dengan menggunakan teleskop Celestron C14 0.36-meter f/5.5, dan supernova ini sendiri ditemukan pada 2 Januari 2011.