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Here is the recent Hyperstar 4 image of supernova SN2022hrs together with an old 200mm lens shot of the same region (at much lower resolution unfortunately).

A clear Moonless sky last night and I was just going to sort out the final Sky90 on the array, which is a bit boring with good skies. So it was very fortunate that I saw there was a new supernova near M60 and that became the Hyperstar 4 target for the night. 

With the ASI 2600MC-Pro CMOS camera on the Hyperstar 4, on the C11, on a wedge – I took 16 x 3-minute subs (I actually took 24 x 3-minute subs, but 8 were not very good).

Quite a beauty this one!

Last night I got another 17 x 9-minute subs on the Hyperstar 4 on the Markarian Chain region, and I added this to the 32 x 4-minute subs I collected a couple of nights earlier. The image has improved a lot and would clearly benefit from even more 9-minute subs. Just need the weather to cooperate.

Got out for some Hyperstar 4 imaging last night, started at 11 p.m. and wound up at 2 a.m. Managed to get 32 x 4-minute subs on the Markarian Chain region under damp, poor visibility skies.