Category: ursa major
Ursa Major (big bear) is a far northern constellation. It contains the Big Dipper asterism
SN2023ixf in Messier 101
On May 20th, a supernova was detected in M100 and on the night of the 21st it was clear in Virginia though wildfire smoke had a major negative effect on transparency. I didn’t think it would be a good night for trying to do detailed, faint imaging but when someone suggested the supernova I thought…