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
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M101 SuperNova SN 2023ixf, maxchess
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M101 SuperNova SN 2023ixf

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M101 SuperNova SN 2023ixf

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M101 with recent supernova. Imaged this object last month and it clearly wasn't there, but now it is! 
This SN 2023ixf occurred in the photogenic Pinwheel Galaxy M101, which, being only about 21 million light years away, makes it the closest supernova seen in the past five years.

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M101 SuperNova SN 2023ixf, maxchess

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GAS Astrophotography Interest Group