A little late to the party, but I I've been trying!
Took me four nights of setting up to capture 5.5 hours of data on M101 and its supernova SN 2023ixf. My first supernova image!
Really fickle weather (clouds). My last outing before this was M63 back on 4/16/23.
Actually, it is pouring outside as I write this!
Not only were the clouds giving me fits, but when it was clear, my
I’m impressed how well PHD2 can re-acquire a guide star after many clouded out light frames!
M101 has always been a challenging target for me to process. Although I was primarily interested in the SN, a palatable galaxy image is nice!
My first time processing both the galaxy (starless) and linear stars with GHS.
The stars (including the SN) were not processed at all besides stretching.
A few bumps in saturation (Curves) were the only color processes used.
I was happy with the delicate light blue/
227 light frames at 90 seconds with my ASI533
Explore Scientific ED102 (Essential Series) with Stellarview 0.8
Skywatcher HEQ Pro (Rowan mod)
Captured with N.I.N.A. with PHD2 and GreenSwampServer
Processed in Pixinsight
Thanks for looking and comments very welcome!