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Pinwheel Galaxy before and after SN 2023ixf, Hoo_Dat
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Pinwheel Galaxy before and after SN 2023ixf

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Pinwheel Galaxy before and after SN 2023ixf

Revision title: Pinwheel before SN 2023ixf

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I had fortuitously shot the Pinwheel Galaxy on 4/23/23, a little less than a month before a star in one of the outer bands went supernova.  So I went back and shot it again in latte May to see the difference.

Before, after, and a side by side comparison are in the revisions.

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Title: Pinwheel Galaxy after SN 2023ixf

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Pinwheel Galaxy before and after SN 2023ixf, Hoo_Dat