Supernova SN2020rcq

UGC 6930 (Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies) is part of the M109 group and located in constellation Ursa Major and about 50million ly away from Earth. The galaxy shows an "extra" star which is a supernova (SN2020rcq). The picture was taken with COAST C14 f/11 telescope on Tenerife. Exposure time 120 and no filters. I embedded a picture of UGC6930 from Simbad to compare with the Coast picture.

SSTV ISS

http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/

Blog of the SSTV schedule and other related information.

The Making of my Andromeda M31 astropicture

I made a powerpoint presentation about the learnings of the making of my astropicture M31 Andromeda Galaxy. Click at the picture to download the powerpoint presentation.

Update of my Astromical Links

I made an update of my most used websites. Those links can be found on my blog via this link.

New Bright Comet Atlas C/2020 M3

After the great comet Neowise C/2020 F3 this summer there is now good news. We will be seeing again a bright Comet, Atlas C/2020 M3. Not as bright as C/2020 F3 but still worthwhile to get out. It's currently mag 8.5 and increasing. The comet was discovered at magnitude 19 on June 27, 2020, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System or ATLAS..

It's currently visible in constellation Lepus and moving toward Orion. For more information see The SkyLive.

VVS Deepsky Dag November 7, 2020 - online via Youtube

This year, the Annual meeting - "VVS Deepsky Dag" - will take place on November 7, 2020. Beside a limited number of fysical attendees, the meeting will be broadcasted via the Youtube channel - see this link 

The agenda is available. There is agood mix of both theoretical as practical aspects. 

Moon-Jupiter-Saturn Close encounter

This evening, the moon close together with Jupiter and Saturn.