M101 and SN2011fe

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.

M101 and SN2011fe, 19-Sep-2011 Scope: Orion 200mm Astrograph, f/4 Mount: HEQ5 Guiding: none Imaging Camera: Canon 350D (modified) ISO: 1600 Frames: 18 @ 1m0s Total Exposure: 17m45s Processing: DSS, Photoshop Distance: 21 Mly   I had been trying for weeks to get this supernova before it faded. Finally, the moon went away, and I got a short break between the clouds clearing and the galaxy disappearing into the trees.