Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1566
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NGC 1566 and SN aefx, Andrew Lockwood
NGC 1566 and SN aefx
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NGC 1566 and SN aefx

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NGC 1566 and SN aefx, Andrew Lockwood
NGC 1566 and SN aefx
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NGC 1566 and SN aefx

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Here's a colour picture of NGC1566, the Spanish Dancer, and her sparkling new ornament - sn2021aefx, the bright blue star at about 4 o'clock. This type 1A supernova was discovered on the 11/11/21 by the DLT40 team.The image is about 6.5 hours of exposure through the 16" f3.6 Newtonian on top of my garage, using a cooled mono camera (QSI683) and astrodon filters to get the colour data. Processed in Pixinsight, and inspired by a Weihenstephaner pilsener while listening to Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie...

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NGC 1566 and SN aefx, Andrew Lockwood