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This is my 3rd try to capture this supernova.

1st attempt nothing would behave -mount had lost its pointing model so I could not find the galaxy to start with, webcam settings all wrong

so guiding was hit & miss, just after full moon, then the object disappeared behind the roof

 

2nd attempt very windy, when the clouds played ball all the stars were treble stars, roof and moon of course

 

3rd try again very windy with patchy clouds but managed to get arround a 200sec exposure that was not buffeted too much between the clouds

 

OBJECT NGC 6946 SN2004et
DATE 2nd Oct 2004
TELESCOPE Tak 102 guided with Fs60 using webcam on G11 mount
CAMERA Mx7c
EXPOSURE about 200 s
FILTER IDAS
PROCESSING Coverted to bmp and stretched in PS