Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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Supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 in M82 (The Cigar Galaxy), Jon Gascoyne
Supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 in M82 (The Cigar Galaxy)
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Supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 in M82 (The Cigar Galaxy)

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Supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 in M82 (The Cigar Galaxy), Jon Gascoyne
Supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 in M82 (The Cigar Galaxy)
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Supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 in M82 (The Cigar Galaxy)

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A pair of photographs of galaxy M82 (The Cigar Galaxy) in Ursa Major, taken before (left) and after (right) the appearance of supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 (SN 2014J), which was first spotted on January 21st 2014.  

Imaging data acquired using iTelescope's T16 system located at AstroCamp, Neripo, Spain

Pre-supernova:

Data acquisition: 26/12/12 to 30/12/12
Total integration: 3hr 10min
7 x 10min Luminance (unbinned)
12 x 10min Ha (unbinned, assigned to Red channel)

Post-supernova:

Data acquisition: 02/02/14
Total integration: 1 hr 10min
7 x 10min Luminance (unbinned)

Calibration, alignment & stacking: DSS
Post-processing: Maxim DL5 & PSPx5

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Supernova PSN J09554214+6940260 in M82 (The Cigar Galaxy), Jon Gascoyne