Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 783  ·  M 100  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4322  ·  NGC 4328
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M100 and SN2019ehk, 



    
        

            Joel Shepherd
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M100 and SN2019ehk

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M100 and SN2019ehk, 



    
        

            Joel Shepherd
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M100 and SN2019ehk

Acquisition details

Dates:
April 27, 2019 ·  April 28, 2019 ·  April 29, 2019
Frames:
Baader Planetarium B 1.25": 30×180(1h 30′) -10°C bin 1×1
Baader Planetarium G 1.25": 30×180(1h 30′) -10°C bin 1×1
Baader Planetarium R 1.25": 30×180(1h 30′) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration:
4h 30′
Avg. Moon age:
23.54 days
Avg. Moon phase:
35.56%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
6.00

RA center: 12h22m33s.69

DEC center: +15°4426.6

Pixel scale: 1.197 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -56.513 degrees

Field radius: 0.348 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 1600x1351

File size: 525.9 KB

Locations: Home, Seattle, WA, United States

Data source: Backyard

Description

First light with a TEC140 that was delivered in February of this year. This is M100, a Milky Way-sized spiral galaxy, roughly 55 million light years distance.

As I was finishing processing tonight, I learned that a supernova had been discovered in M100 by Jaroslaw Grzegorzek, on the same night (April 29) that I took my last lights of this target. Apparently, I caught it. See green crosshairs in the image and this page for reference: http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2019/sn2019ehk.html

I have to tell you: as excited as I am to start working with the TEC, and as moderately pleased as I am with this image (colors were a challenge), I'm thrilled with accidentally capturing my first supernova: something that's been on my bucket list for a while.

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