Supernova 2012aw

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/20/supernova-2012aw-the-pictures/




Anyone with a decent sized (30cm+) have a look yet?
Will get brighter over the next few days although Mars may outshine your view of it as M95 & Mars are quiet close in the skies atm.

ThatDrGuy

Thanks for that. Will try and image if the clouds (ever!) clear

ThatDrGuy

Clouds just cleared! Yes its visible, mars has little to no effect on it. Its brighter than the galactic core. I have the light bucket suctioning it now. Hopefully have an image soon.

ThatDrGuy

Here is a quick thrown together image of m95. The super nova is clearly visible. Apologies for the crap quality, will try and upload a processed one if I get time tomorrow.

ThatDrGuy

Here is the image cleared up a bit. Not great for 40x25 second stack. Being 4 feet from a street lamp doesnt help though. Ill try and image again next week to see if the nova changes much.

Kersh

Must drag the 12" dob out and see if I can spot it. Ill report back if I manage to glimpse it.

Chemistry Ftw

Its wierd to think that this happened millions of years ago and we are only finding out now :P

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The star that blew up to form Supernova 2012aw has been found in older Hubble images:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5zo5449wHU

Great pics ThatDrGuy