NGC 1566 and supernova

[Stevec35]

For those not aware and I'm probably one of the last to pick this up, there is a supernova near the centre of NGC 1566. When I noticed it I actually thought I had discovered something. It's the little star just to the right of the centre of the galaxy. For this shot I used 150 minutes of luminance taken last night and colour from an image taken several years ago.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/NGC1566_STXL6303_RC_RC14_SN.htm

[RickS]

Nice work, Steve! It's a pretty galaxy and nice to catch a SN as well.

Cheers,
Rick.

[rogerg]

ahh,I wasn't aware of that SN. Another nice galaxy, like NGC 1365 was with it's SN. In fact I often get NGC 1566 and NGC 1365 confused so it's funny that there's recent SN in both!

I have been considering Astrodon filters to replace my Astronomik TypeII and hopefully help my LRGB woes, but was just thinking I should do a direct comparison with someone else's LRGB attempts. Perhaps I'll use your image as a reference and see what similar exposures show up in an LRGB using my Astronomiks before splashing out on the Astrodons. This target with a SN seems like a reasonable excuse :)

Regards,
Roger.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Nice image Steve!:thumbsup:

Wasn't aware myself till I posted an image of Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS with NGC 1566 in the field.

Kevin ( Comet Catcher) informed me there was SN visible.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Paul Haese]

It's an interesting looking galaxy Steve. I can see a faint outer arm near the top of the image.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Justin. This one often gets your supernova blood pumping because of the prominent field star near the centre. I only noticed it because this time there were 2 stars.



I doubt whether you will notice much difference with the Astronomiks Roger. You might get less bright star halos with the Astrodons but other than that I think simple LRGB would look the same. Where the Astrodons are probably superior is in narrow band because of the small band pass.



Thanks Rick. I was going to get new RGB but with the usual crap weather I decided to use old data.

[Rex]

Very nice image Steve, Very sharp and great colours.

[Bassnut]

Unusual Steve, well processed. Aggressive diffraction spikes, but dont mind them at all.

[Bassnut]

Ditto. 3nm NB Astrodons (and parfocal) are the go IMO, but for anything else perhaps not so important.

[Stevec35]

Yep - totally agree



Thanks Fred



Thanks Rex

[andyc]

Very nice image Steve! Though I find myself drooling slightly at the resolution you have compared to the ASASSN-14ha image I took a couple of weeks ago (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=126037) :) My view of the galaxy was only worthy of the beginners astrophoto page, but you have bags of lovely detail in the arms there and lots of extension in the swirls of the arms. The SN looks to have faded a bit in that time, going from about the same brightness as the neighbouring star to noticeably dimmer in your image.

[strongmanmike]

Good looking Dancer there Steve and an SN to boot, can't complain about that :thumbsup: amazing sweeping arms, bit like NGC 1300

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

Very cool to capture a SN! Also a lovely image Steve!

Cheers, Marcus

[Stevec35]

It's always been one of my favorites Paul. Back in the 1980s you were doing okay just getting the central regions. I think the outer arms were first imaged in detail by David Malin with his photo amplification process.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Marcus. I almost discovered a SN in Centaurus A many years ago but didn't look at the image closely enough.



Thanks Mike. It's a lovely galaxy.



Thanks Andy. Nothing wrong with your image.

[gregbradley]

Great shot Steve. Nice you got the subtle faint arm up top plus a SN. Nice!

Greg.

[atalas]

Great catch on the SN and a great job on the galaxy Steve!well done.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Louie



Thanks Greg. The colour is old data of course. The weather hasn't allowed me to get any new stuff. The SN therefor appears white whereas I believe it was showing up blue earlier.

[Ross G]

Nice capture Steve and a great looking galaxy photo as well.

I like the colours.

Ross.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Ross

[gvanhau]

Pretty Galaxy image Steve and with a SN as a plus.

I didn't even know there was a SN...


Geert

[Stevec35]

Thanks Geert. It was a surprise to me too.