Monday, July 31, 2017

Evolution of Supernova SN 2017eaw

A supernova in a galaxy NGC 6946 is changing its color from bluish to yellowish due to cooling of an expanding gaseous shell. The color change was already noticeably at the end of Jun.


SkyWatcher 150/750 + Canon EOS 600D ISO 1600. 186x30s (1st image; two sessions: May 20 and 27), 101x30s (2nd image, Jul 22)
Kyiv

M31 again

M31 Andromeda galaxy: a quick'n'dirty picture taken at the end of another session in the night 22/23 of July.
Setup: SkyWatcher 15075 OTAW Newtonian / EQ5 motorized + Canon 600D
11x30s @ISO1600

Monday, July 17, 2017

Supernova SN 2017eaw (3)

"Express shot" of the supernova (14x30s ISO=1600; SkyWatcher 15075 OTAW / EQ5 + Canon EOS 600D)
21-Jun-2017; Kyiv (Osokorky)

It seems that the supernova changes its color from bluish to yellowish, see the following picture:

Friday, July 7, 2017

M57 (remastered)

Another version of M57 nebula based on the material gathered during the night 28th-29th of Jun.
The nebula itself is better seen (then in the previous version) with its central white dwarf.

Night 28th-29th of Jun 2017; Kyiv
Field of view: 15x15 arcminutes; North is up

Setup: SkyWatcher 15075 OTAW / EQ5 motorized(no guiding) + Canon EOS600D
97*30s; ISO=800


Monday, July 3, 2017

M57

M57 "Ring" Nebula
Gaseous shell (~1 l.y. in diameter) surrounds dead star: a white dwarf (faint star in the center of the nebula). The white dwarf -- a remnant of the star, in fact, dead star's nucleus -- is hot enough to emit powerful ultraviolet radiation. That ultraviolet emission makes surrounding gases to glow.

Night 28th-29th of Jun 2017
Kyiv

North is up.

Setup: SkyWatcher 15075 OTAW / EQ5 motorized(no guiding) + Canon EOS600D
97*30s; ISO=800




Size of the field is 39.4 x 39.4 arcmin (by nova.astrometry.net). A faint galaxy is visile near the nebula: