Feock Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 I was lucky to have been capturing data on M101 for a few nights up to and including 17 May 23. When the news of the Supernova hit I decided to reimage the area on 21/22 May. Just a lucky break but an interesting project to have worked on. A total of 8.8 hours of data at F3.6 from a 10-inch Newtonian and an IMX571 mono camera and Ha L RGB filters. I encourage others to have a look at the Supernova as it is bright and very easy to find. Enjoy Ross before 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonyme Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Nice capture Ross. How did you hear about it and do you think you caught it at it's brightest? Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feock Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 one of the members in our Astronomy group mentioned it yesterday morning.. my reading suggests the brightness of these events is difficult to predict. The following article gives some of the background. https://earthsky.org/todays-image/supernova-in-m101-pinwheel-galaxy-closest-in-a-decade-how-to-see/ While we have clear weather I will try and capture some more data to see if the brightness fluctuates. Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Y Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Fantastic! I might see about getting another M101 if/when it clears up to see if I can see this! Nicely done! Thanks for the link! adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaDec Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Excellent images, well captured! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feock Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 A further update.. This is just luminance and Ha data which I will add to rgb later. Ross 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaDec Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Wow - that's stunning Ross - well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feock Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 Further update ... poor conditions here last night but I did get an image that shows the luminosity has clearly increased. Ross 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Y Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Every time I read something else about this supernova, another cloud pops into view 😥 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feock Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 This is my last update on M101 for about one week, off on holidays. Going to continue to follow the news very closely. Last night I shot just 30 minutes (about 2 frames each of HaRGB and a few short luminance exposures) which is a stupidly small amount of data just to monitor the Novas' progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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