Mouseover of M101 SN 2023ixef Supernova - before and after! (Mike Dobres)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: HD122865 · M 101 · NGC 5447 · NGC 5449 · NGC 5450 · NGC 5451 · NGC 5453 · NGC 5455 · NGC 5457 · NGC 5461 · NGC 5462 · NGC 5471 · Pinwheel galaxy

Mouseover of M101 SN 2023ixef Supernova - before and after!

Revision title: M101 with SN 2023 May 25th, 2023

Mouseover of M101 SN 2023ixef Supernova - before and after!

Revision title: M101 with SN 2023 May 25th, 2023

The Pinwheel Galaxy M101 is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. Seen here with the new supernova SN 2023ixef that appeared in mid-May 2023. It can be seen as a white star in the spiral arm at 6 o’clock I was lucky enough to have imaged M101 in March, before the massive star explosion that resulted in Supernova SN 2023ixef, and then with a break in the rain and clouds last night, I was able to grab a few more hours to image the supernova. First seen by Koichi Itagaki on May 19th, and confirmed by to have been visible as early as May 17th. This is the closest supernova event within the past five years. I am not sure of the exact magnitude last night, but it was clearly visible with a few minutes of exposure on my 130 PDS at 130 gain, and much brighter than the core of M101. I´m tempted to take a closer look with my 14 inch Dobson - if the clouds here in Spain permit!

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