M51 Supernova SN2011dh

James

James

July 11, 2011 · 1 min read

So, it would appear that something rather wonderful has happened.

Completely unknown to me a supernova was discovered in M51 on the 31st May/ 1st June this year, and it is clearly visible in my image of a couple of nights ago. Here is an APOD image. So, it seems that I have accidentally taken my first image of a Supernova! It has been designated the wonderful name: SN2011dh. The supernova is clearly visible in my image, as marked in red below:

M51 Galaxy with Supernova SN2011dh marked in red

Here is an image flip between my earlier effort and the latest:

Animated GIF flipping between an earlier image of M51 and the new image showing the supernova
(The apparent movement of some stars and the galaxy itself, is just an artefact of the image's orientation, quality and processing there is no actual movement).

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