In tonight's session, I set out to view 3 current supernova and manage to stumble across a quasar at a distance of 8.8 billion light years. I attempt to use SharpCap's Satellite Trail Removal and download current supernova data via AstroPlanner.

Please use the chapter markers to merrily skip through the video to each section.

00:00:00 Opening
00:00:42 Supernova 2024jlf and NGC5690
00:01:25 AstroPlanner Supernova Import
00:03:05 Supernova 2024iss and LEDA 1846725
00:04:19 Supernova Websites
00:04:49 Supernova 2024kjb and IC4566
00:05:21 Finding a Quasar
00:06:44 Quasar PGC3439980 found
00:07:44 Veil Nebula
00:07:56 Stellarium Catalogue Download

Hardware

Celestron CPC800 at F6.3, ZWO ASI 533mm camera, and a SkyWatcher Moon and Skyglow filter.

Software

AstroPlanner 2.4 Excellent planning and observation software. With the added benefit of a powerful scripting and web services interface. Check out the user scripting repository to integrate AstroPlanner with Stellarium and SharpCap. https://astroplanner.net/

Stellarium 24.1+ (beta) A powerful and beautiful planetarium application. I have most planetarium software installed and this is my go to planetarium software. A decent size default star and deep sky catalogue, which can be expanded to 177 million stars and 1 million plus deep sky objects via simple downloads. Powerful scripting and web services interface, makes for easy expansion and integration with other likeminded astronomy applications.

Download the million+ catalogue from https://github.com/Stellarium/stellar... See the Stellarium manual section 5.2.2 for simple installation instructions.

SharpCap 4.1.12243 The "beesknees" of stacking software. If it can be stacked, Robin's magic software performs the deed.

Supernova Websites

IAU Transient Name Server https://www.wistns.org/
Latest supernovae https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/su...

Have fun.

Pete