Image Description and Details : Here is a quick view of a new supernova located in the galaxy NGC4647 and discovered by Koichi Itagaki on April 16, 2022. At the time of imaging it was at magnitude 12.6. The comparison image on the top was taken using my 12” Meade LX-90 back in 2020. The large elliptical galaxy next to NGC4647 is Messier 60 (M60), they form a pair known as ARP116 and are interacting with each other.

Tech Specs: Orion 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chretien Astrograph Telescope, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI290MC and ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, 48 x 60 seconds at -10C plus darks and flats, BIN2,, processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: April 25, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

Copyright: Tom Wildoner/The Dark Side Observatory

Here is a view of the relatively new supernova SN 2020jfo located in the beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 61 in the constellation Virgo. The left image was taken on May 13, 2020 showing the bright supernova, the image on the right was taken on April 1, 2019. Doing a quick comparison, it looks to be hovering at magnitude 14. This supernova was discovered on 6th May 2020 by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)

Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, ZWO ASI071mc-Pro, 55 x 60 second exposures, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Captured using Sequence Generator Pro and processed using PixInsight. Image date: May 13, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA. — at The Dark Side Observatory.

Copyright: Thomas Wildoner