Really gutted! My old telescope mount is fried and my new one not set up yet ... because ...
THERE IS A FRESH CORE COLLAPSE SUPERNOVA IN NGC 1097
I've imaged this galaxy many times before so a fresh supernova would have been a good pre/post image to catch!
One thing I really love about this galaxy is the central star-forming ring, which measures about 5,000 light years in diameter. It's a beautiful feature and one that can be captured from backyard telescopes.
A couple of older images from me first. NGC 1097 and a close-up of it core, where I compared my very shabby 1-hour, no darks, flats, bias image to Hubble's of the star formation ring. Amazed I could even get any of these results from my light-polluted backyard.
Supernova 2023rve was discovered on 8 Sept 2023, and is a great target for southern observers right now (crying) ... the galaxy reaches almost the zenith (85-degrees elevation) around 2:30 am Sydney time ... the perfect imaging time!
Also sharing a capture from South Australia by Kym Thalassoudis.
Southern observers, turn your telescopes to NGC 1097! A pulsar was just born (well, 48 million years ago it was) ...
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