Supernova in m101

[toml42]

This is a work in progress (still taking data now!) but i thought i'd alert everyone who didn't already know about the type 1a supernova just kicking off in m101

here's the discovery image

and here's what i've got so far. (50x60 seconds, no flats or darks)

it's very obvious that the SN is brightening at a pretty rapid pace, it should reach peak brightness of mag 10 or so. exciting!

[toml42]

Here's the finished result

only 10 more minutes of subs than last time, the clouds took the rest but I've flat/dark corrected and unsharp masked it.

[Sam]

It's fascinating to see that the light from that supernova now out shines the galaxy it's in. Well done on the image - it's awesome to have captured such a rare event.

[ollypenrice]

Great result and thanks for the alert.

Olly

[mdstuart]

Great picture. Confirms my visual observation last night that the SN is now brighter than the star on the other side of the M101 core.

Mark

[Daniel-K]

i wounder just how long ago that it did explode

[toml42]

cheers for the comments

i wounder just how long ago that it did explode

about 20 million years ago