Supernovae
M51
M51 with supernova - July 3, 2010 no supernova and June 4, 2011 with the supernova. Both images taken with my 8" f/6 homemade Newt and a SBIG ST-402. The 2010 image is 26 x 2 min and the 2011 image is 12 x 2 min.
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SN 2009jf in NGC7479 - Nov. 2009 and May 2010
Supernova SN2009jf in NGC7479. The first part of the animation with the supernova was taken Nov. 7, 2009 at Bigwoods while testing out my new 8" f/6 Newtonian with the SBIG ST-402 camera. Each frame is make up of 24 x 15 second exposures (6 minutes) - unguided and dark subtracted only. The second part of the animation without the supernova was taken with a rented 12.5 inch f/9 RC scope at Lightbuckets in New Mexico. The camera was an Apogee Alta U16m. The exposures were 4 x 60 seconds.
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M82 - Jan. 31, 2014
M82 with SN 2014J. This image was captured with my Genesis refractor and my SBIG ST-402 camera from my driveway in Cary. I took 22 x 30 second exposures for a total of 11 minutes. The mount was tracking but I was not guiding. Temperature as 19 degrees.
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M65
M65 with supernova taken 3/28/2013 from Cary, NC. Taken with a Celestron C-11 at f/6.3 with a SBIG ST-402 camera. Exposure time 13 minutes. The sky was bright with a nearly full moon not far away. The SN is about 16th magnitude.
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M95
M95 with supernova taken April 8. 2012. 23 x 30 second exposures through the 8" f/6 Newtonian and the ST-402. The matching frame without the supernova was taken May 9, 2020 with my 4" Genesis.
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