BOSS PSN50 in PGC18880

[Martin Pugh]

Hi folks
As most of you probably know, Peter Marples has discovered a PSN in PGC18880 in the constellation of Pictor. Once confirmed (and that s very close) this will be the 50th SN for BOSS and a personal 6th for Peter. So I was delighted to image this upon his request.

Actually, this is an early image as last nights heat and humidity basically meant I had to throw all of the colour data away. Things improved in the early hours so I kept the luminance.

So, right now this is LRGB consisting of 3 hours, and 45 minutes each RGB. Taken with the 12.5" RCOS and STL11K. I do plan to go significantly deeper on this and will update the image idc.
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/SN-in-PGC18880A.jpg

Congratulations to Peter and BOSS.

Cheers
Martin

[astroron]

Nice image there Martin,both the Supernova and the bar of the galaxy stand out beautifully
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Larryp]

Another great image, Martin:thumbsup:

[naskies]

Looking great so far, Martin. Can't wait to see the final image!

[cometcatcher]

Lovely image. The SN shows quite blue also.

[PeterM]

So very nice Martin, again thanks.

[stardust steve]

looking good so far. Thanks for the post.
...Now i just need to acquire a DSLR (as mine is in the repair shop):doh:

[blink138]

hello martin what magnitude is the host galaxy....... i have never seen galaxys designated as pgc
i dont think they are listed in my gemini
thanks martin a lovely image.....very strong bar, bizarre!
pat

[mithrandir]

Gemini doesn't have that much memory.

Principal Galaxy Catalog

http://heasarc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/pgc2003.html

[Martin Pugh]

Hello and thanks everyone.

I am getting more data as I type - seeing better tonight.

According to The Sky, this galaxy has a magnitude of 12.7.

cheers
Martin

[PeterM]

It's also known as ESO121-26

[Greg Bock]

Martin, as I said in the sister thread to this one, this image is just beautiful, it's a real buzz seeing one of our discoveries in such a great portrait, thanks a bunch for your time to drop everything and do this for BOSS!
I would have imaged it in colour myself last night because we actually had good seeing without clouds until midnight, but i opted to image and check another 100 galaxies for SN No. 51 instead...pity i couldnt find it!

[alpal]

Nice capture & a top image in it's own right.

[gregbradley]

That's a pretty little galaxy. Its amazing how bright these supernovas are. Imagine if it were nearby.

Greg.

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks again folks.

Got another 5 hours last night on this, so a much improved image is on the way shortly.
cheers
Martin

[Ross G]

Great photo and great capture Martin.


Ross.

[rogerg]

Nice image Martin.

What is the individual subframe exposure time for each of your luminance frames?

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Ross/Roger.

this is a dim galaxy or what? My lum subs have been 20 minutes.

cheers
Martin

[Fabiomax]

Excellent work, congratulations to you and Peter!
Cheers,
Fabiomax