Bright New Supernova Visible to Amateur Astronomers with Backyard Telescopes
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A new supernova called SN 2023ixf has been spotted in the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, which is about 21 million light-years from the solar system. It is visible through any small telescope and can be found by star-hopping from Alkaid in the Big Dipper's handle. The Virtual Telescope will stream live images of SN 2023ixf on May 25, and smart telescopes such as the Unistellar eVscope or eQuinox or Vanois Stellina or Vespera can easily find and image SN 2023ixf just by typing in M101 or "Pinwheel Galaxy" to the smartphone app.
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