SN 2017bzb in NGC7424

[RickS]

Thought I might have discovered my first supernova when I noticed the new star in NGC7424 but, alas, Stu Parker beat me to it by several months. It still makes a pretty picture.

High res is here: http://www.astrobin.com/full/313278/C/

Animated before/after GIF is here: http://www.astrobin.com/313278/0/?nc=user

Before data is mine (C300/U16M). After data is from Martin Pugh's RH305/SBIG 16200 set up in NSW. I plan to combine both data sets to do an extra deep NGC7424 when I get a chance...

Cheers,
Rick.

[E_ri_k]

Cool animation Rick :thumbsup::thumbsup:, and a nice image!

Erik

[RickS]

Thanks, Erik!

[strongmanmike]

Yeah, the animation is great Rick! I just showed my wife, explaining what it was...she said "hmm thats nice dear"....:rolleyes:

Mike

[RickS]

Ta, Mike. I get similar responses :lol: At least she can tell NB from LRGB now.

[gregbradley]

Its remarkable how bright that Supernova is.

Good catch.

Greg.

[Atmos]

Very nice Rick! On its own you’d not have guided that it was a SN, just looks like a field star in the way.

[RobF]

Nice going Rick. Pretty hard to beat Mr Parker I've heard - he's pretty prolific with the SN score to date.

[atalas]

Ah too bad Ric....great shot anyway :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[RickS]

Thanks, Greg.



Ta, Colin. Yep, looks like any old field star.



Thanks, Rob. It would be a bit unfair if I picked one up by accident when there are folks that spend so much time diligently searching :lol:



Thanks, Louie.

[multiweb]

Very nice galaxy shot. :thumbsup: Bummer on the timing of the SN discovery. Just photoshop another one on the other side of the spiral. :P

[RickS]

Thanks, Marc.



You're an ideas man, aren't you Sancho :lol:

[multiweb]

si :D

[Slawomir]

Very interesting animation Rick :thumbsup:

I look forward to the combined image (although the current ones are already splendid!)

[RickS]

Thanks, Suavi!

[Placidus]

Independent discovery. Superbly well spotted.

[billdan]

Very pretty and colorful, you must have good memory if you can notice an extra star in a galaxy :eyepop:

Cheers

[Stevec35]

Nicely done Rick. It's tough these days to get an independent discovery.

Cheers

Steve

[RickS]

Thanks, M&T!



Ta, Bill. I was blink comparing the old with the new so it wasn't a result of sheer memory and visual acuity :D



Thanks, Steve. Plenty of Oiii halos to find but the big ticket items are tough.

[cometcatcher]

Very nice Rick!

[RickS]

Thanks, Kevin!

[rustigsmed]

great work as usual Rick,
lovely colour and detail .

cheers

russ

[RickS]

Thanks very much, Russ!

[dpastern]

animation? Not working for me, what am I missing out on?

Nice image Rick - saw another image of this galaxy and the SN the other night.

[RickS]

Dunno, maybe your browser doesn't do animated GIFs? This link works for me on Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge so long as you don't mouse-over the image and display the plate solve:

http://www.astrobin.com/313278/0/?nc=user

[Shiraz]

Fascinating animation Rick. This is a crazy hard galaxy to image properly and your results are something to aim for.