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 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) with SuperNova, BlueJeans56
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M101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) with SuperNova

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M101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) with SuperNova, BlueJeans56
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M101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) with SuperNova

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This image was taken on May 24, about a week after news broke that a SuperNova had been identified right next to NGC5461 (which is located inside M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy).  The SuperNova appears as a very bright white dot, about the size of a bright star.  To locate the SuperNova, use your mouse to hover over the plate-solved image and find NGC5461.  The SuperNova is the white dot just above NGC5461.  I originally planned to shoot 30 images at 10 minutes each, but high clouds came in so I was luck to get the seven good images that I did!

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M101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) with SuperNova, BlueJeans56