Galaxy NGC613 and SN2016gkg

[cometcatcher]

Have just become aware of a supernova, SN2016gkg, in Galaxy NGC613 (between tick marks).

"NGC 613 is a barred spiral galaxy located 67 million light years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor."

GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, 230 x 30 seconds, HEQ5 Pro, Pentax K-5.

A bit of a rush job but I wanted to get it before the big bad Moon messed it up.

I was looking on here for some nice images taken with real astro cams but couldn't find any? :confused2:

[PeterM]

Hi Kevin,
Well done you have nicely captured the SN.
Go to this site and look up SN2016gkg and then go sub images there is a heap of nice images there.
http://www.supernova.thistlethwaites.com/snimages/

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Peter. Now that I have an observatory, I should make more of an effort to image SN's (just for fun), when I'm not hunting comets lol. This is only the 4th SN I've imaged and I'm quite excited about it, which is why I was wondering why there's not many images on IIS. I guess it's like comets. The faint ones only pop up in specialty groups.

[Placidus]

Bravo!

Rotten clouds.

[Stevec35]

Nicely done Kevin

Cheers

Steve

[plantnerd]

Nicely done Kevin I just finished building it and wish my observatory was in better order so I could try this with my 10" F4 it is a lovely spiral galaxy to host a SN. My scope is out of collimation from the move to the dome and my collimator has run out of batteries.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks M&T. Sorry about the clouds.



Thanks Steve. It's still very noisy but tonight is cloudy and the Moon is interfering anyway so it's probably about as good as I'm going to get.



Thanks Luis. It is a very appealing spiral galaxy. Hope you get things sorted soon.

[Atmos]

Very nice Kevin! Another 500 subs will clear up the noise ;)

[cometcatcher]

That is true lol.

[RickS]

Nice catch, Kevin!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rick! Sneaked it in just in time before all these clouds...

[strongmanmike]

Great capture Kev, your 4th SN image huh? Not bad going there. Like NGC 2442 The Meathook galaxy, NGC 613 has always looked kind of unappealing for some reason :question: so I have always overlooked it :shrug: :screwy:

With a SN though :eyepop: good work :thumbsup:

Mike

[astroron]

Nice Pic Kevin, :thumbsup:
I observed the SN a couple of times in nights of very good seeing.
It was close to 15.5 mag at the time,but it's position in relation to the galaxy made the observation easy to confirm with the images on "Bright Supernova"
page and the Supernova FB page.
A Dark Sky is a boon in this type of obs.
Cheers:thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Mike! The galaxy itself might be a bit average the the field has some nice stars. If the clouds allow, give it a shot.



You're doing pretty well to spot that visually Ron!

[astroron]

It wasn't glaringly obvious Kevin,it required quite a a bit of time and steady air to glimps it.
I used a 16" scope with both 3.5 mm Nagler 522xmag and 6mm Radian 304xmag.
I have observed a few +15th mag supernova from Cambroon in the 20 odd years I have been observing SN from Cambroon.
Visual training,good dark steady seeing and of course decent aperture helps. ;)
Cheers

[cometcatcher]

I remember the days when people would discover SN visually. Wasn't there a reverend that used to do that? Bob Evans I think it was...

[astroron]

Yep, he discovered /codiscovered over 46, I think his last one was in NGC 1566, and I was one of the first people to see it in Australia after his discovery.
He rang Peter Marples up at Astrofest and I put my 16" on it.:)
He also discovered one in NGC 1365.
He has discovered the most S/N visually through the scope than anyone else.
Basically CCD imaging put him out of business as supernova are being found at a lot fainter magnitude now.
Cheers:thumbsup:

[alpal]

Great to see a supernova capture!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Allan! Yeah we need to nice mag 12 one again I think.

[Merlin66]

Thompson's "The Supernova Search Charts and Handbook" was produced when Rev Bob was active....
I used to do a LOT of visual chart checking with a 12" f5 getting down to 15 mag from 15 Km north of Melbourne.
Times have changed.....

[astroron]

Ken I still have my Thompson's Charts and drag them out and do a SN search now and again.
They have served me in good stead over the years.
I spotted an SN in NGC 1448, but only to be informed that Bob Evans had discovered 12 hours before,shattered I was,:sadeyes:
Cheers:thumbsup: