Showing posts with label SN2018gv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SN2018gv. Show all posts

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