Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy with the Supernova SN 2023ixf (Polly (Apollyon))

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: HD122865 · M 101 · NGC 5447 · NGC 5449 · NGC 5450 · NGC 5451 · NGC 5453 · NGC 5455 · NGC 5457 · NGC 5461 · NGC 5462 · NGC 5471 · NGC 5477 · PGC 2464645 · PGC 2468609 · PGC 2469762 · PGC 2470911 · PGC 2816075 · PGC 49919 · Pinwheel galaxy

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Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy with the Supernova SN 2023ixf

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Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy with the Supernova SN 2023ixf

Messier 101, also called the Pinwheel Galaxy, with the now well-known Supernova SN 2023ixf visible.

Even though SN 2023ixf (marked with the red lines) looks like a star within our own galaxy, it is actually 21 Million light-years far away from us.
SN 2023ixf is a type II Supernova located within the Pinwheel Galaxy, and was first observed on May the 19th, 2023.

At the aforementioned distance of 21 Million light-years it is one of the closest supernovae to Earth;
the last supernova this close to Earth was SN 2014J in Messier 82, roughly 12 million light-years away, which reached its peak magnitude on the 31st of January, 2014.

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Title: The Supernova "SN 2023ixf"

Description: Here the supernova SN 2023ixf can be seen in the middle of the two lines, as a star with a blue hue.

Even though this star looks like one within our own galaxy, even being brighter than some of the stars in the foreground, it is actually 21 Million light-years far away from us.
SN 2023ixf is a type II Supernova located within the Pinwheel Galaxy, and was first observed on May the 19th, 2023.

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RA (center)	14h03m13s.277
RA (top/left)	14h03m48s.800
RA (top/right)	13h59m28s.276
RA (bottom/right)	14h02m38s.487
RA (bottom/left)	14h06m57s.630

Dec (center)	+54°21′05″.50
Dec (top/left)	+54°53′45″.66
Dec (top/right)	+54°25′57″.93
Dec (bottom/right)	+53°48′22″.21
Dec (bottom/left)	+54°15′44″.20

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