TerryMcK Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 A newly discovered supernova in M101 that might be visible for the next few months (if the clouds clear). https://earthsky.org/todays-image/supernova-in-m101-pinwheel-galaxy-closest-in-a-decade-how-to-see/#:~:text=A new supernova in the,telescopes for a few months. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaDec Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Cheers for the link Terry. have you had the chance to try for it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 No not yet Keith. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobdlbug Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Thanks Terry for flagging this, I saw a few images already posted up - looks rather bright. I had packed all my imaging kit away for its summer hibernation, but as I had completed a M101 image prior to packing everything away - I am thinking to grab a few hours and see if I can merge my before supernova and after supernova images (assuming I can get enough integrtion time and reasonable quality with no astro dark at the moment) Anyway - long way of saying I've woken my astro gear out of hibernation and setup in obsy this afternoon with hope that next few nights are predicted clear and I can capture a supernova, Bryan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodblock Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) I got the bulletin from the AAVSO about this supernova a few days ago. Photometry is my thing rather than imaging. The increase in brightness of this star is astonishing. From magnitude 21 to about 11 in just a few days. It would be great to see comparison images of M101. I was out last night doing time sequences of the star. Steve Edited May 26 by woodblock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobdlbug Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 3 hours ago, woodblock said: It would be great to see comparison images of M101. Steve, all going well I will have another data set tonight - making it three nights in a row imaging M101 with SN 2023ixf, I’m going to integrate everything over weekend and generate an image , but if you need access to subs for analysis I’m happy to share and I happen to have imaged M101 without the supernova back in - April for comparison- drop me a PM and we can work out what data might be helpful and we can set up a cloud share. Bryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaDec Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Look forward to the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 Here are my snapshots Captured 28th and 29th into the 30th May 2023 with EKOS/Kstars on an Astroberry equipped Raspberry Pi4 (still experimenting with NINA on a PC so still using old faithful) Camera ASI 294MM Scope WO ZS103 100 x 30 seconds red 100 x 30 seconds blue 100 x 30 seconds green 50 x 360 second Ha Processed with Pixinsight with RCAstro tools and annotated below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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