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Community photo entitled  by Fabrizio Pinto on 05/26/2023 at Urla Iskele, Izmir, Türkiye

On 05/26/2023 11:45 pm by Fabrizio Pinto| Urla Iskele, Izmir, Türkiye

The Pinwheel Galaxy is visible as the faint glow to the immediate lower right of the supernova. However, the supernova itself is clearly visible, exactly at the coordinates officially published. The estimated magnitude has some uncertainty due to the differences between commercial DSLR sensors and professional CCD cameras. The approximate FOV shown is 0.8 degrees. This is the most exciting supernova explosion in a decade being only at approximately 20 million light years from us. It may well be the brightest in a lifetime ... or maybe not! It is important to understand that such observations can be carried out with a 20 year-old camera on a tripod and free software.

Canon 500D Rebel, tripod, no tracking, f/4.5, zoom 108 mm, ISO 12800.

120 1s exposures, f/4.5, zoom 108 mm, ISO 12800, stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Calibration: 120 Dark, Bias, Flatfield exposures.
photometric ASTAP + astrometric Astrometry.net calibrations
Average exposure date/time (FITS header, UTC): DATE-OBS= '2023-05-26T20:45:42'
measured SN coordinates (ASTAP, J2000): RA 14h03m39.78s/Dec 15deg18'45.8";
published coordinates (J2000, https://theskylive.com/supernova-2023ixf):
RA 14h03m38.564s/Dec +54deg18'42.02".
estimated magnitude (ASTAP, mono): +11.4
estimated magnitude error: ± 0.3.