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Community photo entitled  by HARSHWARDHAN PATHAK on 07/19/2023 at IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain

On 07/19/2023 11:30 pm by HARSHWARDHAN PATHAK| IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain

Pinwheel Galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation which is 21 million light-years away from the Earth, On 20 May 2023, rare supernovae named 'Supernovae 2023 IXF' occurred in the arms of the Pinwheel Galaxy which has an apparent magnitude of approximately 11. Which can be seen through the telescope as a bright star for a few months until it cools down completely. In this image, you can see a bright Supernovae in the spiral arms of the galaxy.
Total integration of the image is 2 hour 46 min.

Telescope: Officina Stellare 700RC

Mount: Stellare equatorial fork mount

Camera: QHY 600M Pro

Filters used: Astrodon LRGB (3nm)

Processing software's used: Pixinsight and Adobe Photoshop