Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Supernova 2018gv in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 2525

Supernova 2018gv (Type Ia -- white dwarf explosion)  in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 2525 (constellation Puppis)
6 Feb 2018 20:22 UT
The supernova is marked by dashes.
A photometry in the Green channel [TG] gives magnitude 12.93+-0.04. A magnitude of the galaxy is about 11.6m, so the galaxy only in several times brighter then the exploding star.
Distance ~50 mio l.y.
Crop 30x30 arcmin, North is up.

Canon EOS 600D + SkyWatcher 150/750
50x30s; ISO=800