Supernova in M100 Spiral Galaxy

[Galactic2000]

Hi All,

Here is my shot of the Supernova in M100 Sc Spiral Galaxy or NGC4321 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

It was captured with a 12" Takahashi Mewlon & ST8XE CCD in Nearly Full Moonlight......... so it was a difficult and noisy image to clean up.

This LRGB image is a 51 minute exposure.
L= 1260 sec
R= 600 sec
G= 600 sec
B= 600 sec
Processed in Maxim DL, CCDsoft, & Adobe PS.

M100 is a Mag 10.2 Sc type Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices.......it is approximately 7.5' x 6.4 arc minutes in size. Its diameter is estimated to be about 110,000 Light years across. Its distance is approximately 40 Million Light years away.

There are two other galaxies visible in the field of view which are NGC4322 - bottom and NGC4328 - right.

The Supernova 2006X's magnitude is on the rise at 11.5 Mag(?) from its original 17th mag at discovery on 02/04/06, according to IAU circular, but discovers website shows 02/07/06 at 15.3 mag.

Just added this info........

M100 has produced other Supernovae during the past century....SN 1901B, SN 1914A, SN 1959E, SN 1979C,..but SN 2006X has may surpassed the brightness of even 1979C, 11.6 mag.

SN 2006x is still rising and bound to be the brightest Supernova for the year..as well as could be the brightest ever recorded in M100.
To see the Supernova visually you'll need at least a 6" diameter scope and a dark moonless night.
Go check it out!!!

[Dragon Star]

Wow, nice shot man, thats soo cool!

[The Bad Astronomer]

John-- I want to blog about this: may I use your image?

[Blob]

Hum,
Nice photo...

BTW, can i blog it too?

http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?t=37892

[Wolverine]

Sweet!

[Galactic2000]

Sure you may use it, please send me the links, so I may read the blogs as well.

Thanks,
John

[Galactic2000]

here is a link to info on M100 SN2006X
discoverers site
http://aac.sunrise.it/cross/2006X.htm

Information on M100
http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2006/sn2006x.html

[Ahmad.ra]

It's be very wonderful.
Good Luck.

[MassAstro]

Very nice work!

[tegwilym]

I managed to capture the supernova also this weekend from my backyard observatory.

http://www.eastsideastro.org/observa...Stack-proc.jpg

It's taken from a 12" Meade LX200 with a Canon 10D and f/6.3 reducer. Autoguided with an Orion 80ED piggyback on top.

Tom Gwilym
Renton, WA
http://www.eastsideastro.org/observatory

[Galactic2000]

Nice shot Tom,

The moonlight was a real pain when I shot it, but seems to be waning away now, so we can get better views of it now. Nice website too.

[tegwilym]

Thanks!
If that nova stays around a while like the one last year in M51 maybe I'll get another try at it, but there won't be any imaging for a while here.
Stupid clouds....


Tom

Nice shot Tom,

The moonlight was a real pain when I shot it, but seems to be waning away now, so we can get better views of it now. Nice website too.

[mickal555]

Wow

Amazing shot! Seriosely cool