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North Java, NY USA
01:00 am
Equipment Details:
Image captured at the Buffalo Astronomical Association's (my local Astronomy club's Dark sky Observatory) in North Java, NY.
Telescope: Celestron 14" Edge HD w/Celeston 0.7x Reducer
Mount: Astro Physics AP-1200
Personal Equipment Used:
ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro camera
7 exposures at 180 sec each for a total of 21 minutes of exposure were used to produce the image. All pre and post processing done in PixInsight.
After losing M1 (the object we were imaging previously) to the muck and trees near the horizon, we removed the L-extreme filter and went after SN2024gy in NGC 4216. We managed to collect 7 usable exposures before losing our skies for the night. This supernova is located in a galaxy about 45 Mly from Earth. The supernova is a Type 1a supernova. It was discovered on January 4, 2024 by Koichi Itagaki.
