NGC 7479

Spiral Galaxy in the Constellation Pegasus

Discovered by William Herschel in 1784.    NGC 7479 lies at a distance from us of 105 million light years.   Supernova 2009jf was discovered in a spiral arm of NGC 7479 on 9/27/2009 by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search Team.    See image below for closeup of supernova.

Image Details:

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  • Instrument: Takahashi FRC-300 @ f/7.8 (2340mm)
  • Mount: Paramount ME
  • Image Scale:  1.1 arc-seconds per pixel after processing
    Camera: SBIG STL-4020M with FW8-STL Color Filter Wheel and Astrodon Tru-Balance LRGB Filters
    Filters & Exposure Times:
    • L:   6 x 15 minutes binned 1 x 1
    • R:  3 x 15 minutes binned 2 x 2
      G:   3 x 15 minutes binned 2 x 2
      B:   3 x 15 minutes binned 2 x 2 
    • Total equivalent unbinned exposure time of 6.0 hours
    Software: Maxim DL/CCD, Adobe Photoshop CS2, RC Astro Gradient X-Terminator, Neat Image Pro
    Location: New Mexico Skies, Hortonville, NM., El. 7250ft
    Date: October 16th, 2009

Closeup of Supernova 2009jf

Wade Van Arsdale
Little Rock, AR., USA
October 25th, 2009