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SN2023IXF in M101, Andres Salaverria

SN2023IXF in M101

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SN2023IXF in M101, Andres Salaverria

SN2023IXF in M101

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I photographed a Supernova. It blows my mind! I captured evidence of the explosion of a massive star! I know I am not the only one, and there are wonderful images of M101 out there, but the photons of this image left the star in M101 about 21 million years ago to reach my camera. Even under the worst of conditions: Sky bortle 9 with poor Seeing and Transparency. Puny 89 minutes of imaging. The amazing thing is that I have another image from 2022. Comparing the two images, you can see that there's a new start in the 2023 image; evidence that something happened. That is: SN2023IXF. Enjoy!

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