But, back on May 13 when setting the spacers I was able to capture M61, a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. I was using this field of view as my test view for getting the focus on the OAG worked out. Although I did process the image later that night, the focus was still a bit off due to terrible atmosphere conditions, but I still wanted to get the RGB stack processed to show the supernova (SN 2020 jfo) that appeared in the galaxy.
Here is the image showing the galaxy (cropped up close) with the supernova marked. The power output of an exploding star is immense. This star (or what's left of it) is almost brighter than the entire core of the galaxy! The other three bright stars are foreground stars in our galaxy between earth and M61.
M61 with SN 2020 jfo Edge11 and ASI1600mm RGB 20x60sec each |
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