Amateur astrophotographers Fahd Bin Abdul Hasis, Kiran Mohan, and Vishak Sasidharan, scientists with the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Valiamala, have photographed a supernova, some 21 million light years away from the earth, using a modest set-up consisting of a DSLR camera and basic sky-tracking equipment, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday.
The trio overcame challenging climate conditions to click the photographs.
Amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki had discovered the supernova – designated as SN 2023ixf – on May 19 this year. The remarkable celestial event, classified as a type-II supernova, is located in the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), the ISRO said in a statement.
