Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD122471  ·  HD122865  ·  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5477  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy with Supernova SN 2023ixf, Daniel Pázmán
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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy with Supernova SN 2023ixf

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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy with Supernova SN 2023ixf

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Photographing a supernova, a rare event in a galaxy far, far away... that's something special. I was lucky and the weather cooperated. This enabled me to capture the event. Zoom in and look around if you want.

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Daniel

(Source: wikipedia)

SN 2023ixf is a type II-L (core collapse) supernova located in the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). It was first observed on May 19, 2023 by Kōichi Itagaki and immediately classified as a type II supernova. Initial magnitude at discovery was 14.9. After discovery, the Zwicky Transient Facility project found a precovery image of the supernova at magnitude 15.87 two days before discovery. The supernova is about 21 million light-years from Earth and is expected to have left behind either a neutron star or black hole based on current stellar evolution models.

The supernova is located near a prominent HII region, NGC 5461, in an outer spiral arm of the bright galaxy.

By 22 May 2023 SN 2023ixf had brightened to about magnitude 11. It can be seen in telescopes as small as 114 mm (4.5 in)  and should remain visually visible with backyard telescopes for a few months. The last supernova this close to Earth was SN 2014J in Messier 82, roughly 12 million light-years from Earth. The supernova started to fade on around June 10, 2023

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