https://youtu.be/FGC--mggRWA

I wanted to do a virtual star party this past week, focusing on the the new supernova in Messier 101, but the weather has not been cooperative in North Texas. We had to cancel several star parties in the last month, including one this weekend.

With the weather being such a risk factor, I rented time on a remote robotic telescope to get images of the galaxy and supernova. Not quite as good as seeing it "live" through a telescope, but a better option than not seeing it at all because of the clouds.

I was able to do a comparison with the two nights of imaging from this week, and compare them to an image of M101 I took from a dark sky site last year.