M 51 Supernova

[ncjunk]

One of the Guys down the road alerted me to this, he took a picture of it, I think, before it was discovered but never checked his images until after.

Nice to image a super nova for a change!

[Peter Reader]

I'm imaging this galaxy tonight, I presume this means I'll be capturing it as well?

[ncjunk]

I hope so! I only took that half an hour ago :-D

Have no idea if it has a number yet..

[Peter Reader]

Aw wow! Seems pretty special I'll be capturing this event. How long will it last do you think?

[ncjunk]

They last a while :-) I believe they fade over a number of days/weeks...must check out the details..

that was fun...nice to see a bright one.

[ncjunk]

[steppenwolf]

Well caught, Neil like the animation!

[Sparrow]

Yes I agree with Steve - I like the animation - really helps to show the SN. Someone's going to have to teach me how to do that

[Paxo]

Excellent animation. It's amazing how much interest this SN is generating, down to being in a very popular target.

Steve

[Eccles_Explorer]

Here is another animation from another angle.

Courtesy of Nat Geo.

[ncjunk]

Yes I agree with Steve - I like the animation - really helps to show the SN. Someone's going to have to teach me how to do that

In Gimp create two layers and put a picture in each layer and align them (you can flick between the two and then rotate etc)

Then just save as gif and it asks you if you want to export it and then if you want to save it as an animation and at this point you can set the time it takes to flick between layers. Very easy..have a play!

Google gimp and gif animation...loads of examples

[Sparrow]

Thanks for that Neil. Much appreciated - suppose I'll have to reinstall gimp now:)