Supernova in 2020jfo M61 in Virgo

[stevewanstall]

Clouds rolled in , so only 45 mins worth of luminance (15 x 180s, gain 139, offset 21).    9th May 2020 22:25 UT

 

Equipment: Celestron 9.25 XLT at F10,  Skywatcher EQ6 Pro GEM, ZWO 1600MM Pro, ZWO EFW with ZWO LRGB filters, QHY5IIC guide camera on Skywatcher 9 x 50 finderscope, Celestron Focus Motor
Software: Ascom 6, Eqmod, Cartes du Ciel, AstroPhotography Tool, PHD2,
Processing: DSS to align and stack the subs, PS CS5 to combine and stretch RGB and stretch Luminance and then to create LRGB. Lightroom 6 to develop image further.
 

Edited May 10, 2020 by stevewanstall

[Wyvern]

Nice capture there Steve.

Out last night with the Canon and 8" SkyWatcher reflector and came back with this effort.

Regards, 

Les

[stevewanstall]

23 hours ago, Wyvern said:

Nice capture there Steve.

Out last night with the Canon and 8" SkyWatcher reflector and came back with this effort.

Regards, 

Les

I came across this website which is collating observations, so you might want to submit  yours:

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2020/sn2020jfo.html

 

 

[John]

Great stuff folks - confirms my visual observation last night

I modified this Stellarium screen dump to show the position of what I spotted just after I'd observed it. I can't produce nice images of it like you clever people

 

[stevewanstall]

23 hours ago, John said:

Great stuff folks - confirms my visual observation last night

I modified this Stellarium screen dump to show the position of what I spotted just after I'd observed it. I can't produce nice images of it like you clever people

 

Which telescope were you using? What was the view of the galaxy like?