So two days ago a new supernova burst into the sky (see https://www.wis-tns.org/astronotes/astronote/2024-101 ).

NGC3621 happens to be well placed in the Southern skies right now, and the moon is only crescent, so it is fairly easy to observe.

When we got back from our gaming club, we pulled our #DwarfII telescopes out, and had a go at imaging it.

So this is 334 frames (of 471 shot) stacked in #Siril with a little post in #GooglePhotos.

Many thanks to @ariaflame telling us about it, and @CosmicRami for finding it.

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🚨 A STAR HAS DIED! ⭐💥

And I just happened to catch it from my city light-polluted backyard, using a 5cm aperture SeestarS50!

Check it out ... on the left is my image (only 25 mins of data). The cross hairs indicate a 'new star' appearing in galaxy NGC 3621. The right image is from Stellarium and I have annotated where the new star appears, and how it was not there before.

This is a type II supernova, so a massive star's core collapsed and triggered off an extremely violent explosion that we are seeing 22 million years later.

It likely formed a neutron star or pulsar!

It is incredibly bright and I encourage everyone to turn their telescopes towards it and get data / light curves!

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