Supernova SN 2024uai in the NGC 2300 galaxy: an image – 10 Sept. 2024.
We imaged supernova SN 2024uai in the galaxy NGC 2300, visiting such a fascinating spot of the sky. Here it is our picture.
Supernova SN 2024uai in the NGC 2300 galaxy: 10 Sept. 2024.
The image above comes from the average of 10, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″ + Paramount MEII + SBIG STL-6303E) robotic unit available as part of the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Manciano, Italy.
SN 2024uai is a type Ia supernova, discovered on 31 Aug. 2024, very close to the nucleus of the hosting galaxy.
Located at about 130 millions of light years, that galaxy galaxy, NGC 2300, is pairing with the beautiful NGC 2276, which asymmetrical shape could derive from the interaction with the other one, as well as its observed, enhanced rate of star formation, at about 120 light years from us. The couple is also known as Arp 25 (or Arp 114).
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