Unfortunately the galaxy is located on a light polluted portion of the sky, yet it is easily visible with 71x including the suprisingly bright supernova SN2011B to the ESE. I estimate that the brightess of the supernova is around 12.8m, about the same as the star-like core of the galaxy itself. Because of the light pollution, sometimes it looks as if the SN is just outside the galactic plane: this is because I probably see only the internal regions of the GX. SQM reading: 20.53m/arcsec², high humidity, -7°C.