M101 under Bortle 2 Skies (Caelan Chapman)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: M 101 · NGC 5447 · NGC 5449 · NGC 5450 · NGC 5451 · NGC 5453 · NGC 5455 · NGC 5457 · NGC 5461 · NGC 5462 · NGC 5471 · NGC 5477 · Pinwheel galaxy

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M101 under Bortle 2 Skies

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M101 under Bortle 2 Skies

2 nights of exposure at the Cherry Springs astronomy field, May 17th and 18th. This was a first light target for the Astro-Tech 115EDT. The whole setup was hacked together and I didn't really expect to get data as good as I got. Didn't get any usable flats unfortunately. The stars still need some work as well, but the gradients make it difficult to process without tearing everything up. All things considered, I am happy with this image considering what I had to work with.

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending how you look at it, I captured the very beginning of the supernova in M101. It is not obvious, but it is there. When I went back to capture short exposure images to dim down the stars (which I did not end up using in the end) I noticed a really bright star that was not there before. That was when I saw the news of the supernova, which kind of had me bummed out. If only I had waited a few more days to take a trip to dark skies. Oh well.

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RA (center)	14h03m16s.57
RA (top/left)	14h02m14s.00
RA (top/right)	14h06m23s.83
RA (bottom/right)	14h04m20s.42
RA (bottom/left)	14h00m08s.64

Dec (center)	+54°20′53″.8
Dec (top/left)	+53°54′53″.5
Dec (top/right)	+54°17′11″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	+54°46′52″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+54°24′18″.10

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