Supernova SN 2024gy in Galaxy NGC 4216

Supernova SN 2024gy in galaxy NGC 4216. The supernova was discovered on January 4th, 2024 by Koichi Itagaki in Japan,

NGC 4216 is a bright edge on spiral galaxy in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. It is 40 MLY distant. (NSF NOIR Lab)

Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.

Imaging Details:

Observatory: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile

Telescope: Planewave CDK24

Aperture: 610 mm (24 inches), f/6.5

Focal Length: 3962 mm

Camera: QHY 600M Pro CMOS

Filters: LRGB

Total Exposure: 1 hour 0 minutes

Image Processing: PixInsight 1.8.9-3 Ripley (x64);

BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator (RC Astro);

Adobe Photoshop 12.5.1;

Adobe Lightroom Classic 14.1.1

Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.