https://hgastro.github.io/tags/m61/Recent content in M61 on Suburban Backyard Astro SightsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhgastroblog@gmail.comhgastroblog@gmail.comAll images and content on this website © 2025 Howard GramsThu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-08-13-m61-supernova-postmortem/Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-08-13-m61-supernova-postmortem/https://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-06-16-m61-supernova-revisited/Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-06-16-m61-supernova-revisited/<p>This is an update to my May 16 post. The sky was clear and moonless last Friday night, so I was able to check back in on the M61 supernova. A month later, it has faded only a little bit. I&rsquo;m happy to report that the &ldquo;seeing&rdquo; was better this night, so this image shows somewhat more detail in the galaxy compared to my earlier images.</p>https://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-05-16-m61-supernova/Sat, 16 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2020-05-16-m61-supernova/<p>This supernova was discovered on May 6. It is expected to continue to brighten for several days before fading away over several weeks.</p>