Thursday, May 25, 2017

Supernova SN 2017eaw

Supernova SN 2017eaw in Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946). 

The supernova is marked by green dashes (to the upper-right from the galaxy).
Other stars (visible in the picture) belong to our own galaxy, Milky Way.

Captured near local midnight 20-21 May 2017 from Kyiv.


Setup: SkyWatcher 15075OTAW/EQ5 motorized (no guiding), Canon EOS 600D
95x30s ISO=1600

Processing: IRIS, FITStacker, RawTherapee, FITSwork4

A position of the supernova is marked by green dashes in the next picture:


Location of the galaxy NGC 6946 (by nova.astrometry.net)


Another view:


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