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M101 in Ursa Major with supernova SN 2011fe (PTF 11kly), the bright 'star' at the crosshair indicators. M101 is 27 million light years away.

Date: 23:00, Aug 30 and 31
Location: New Ringgold PA
Optics: Meade LX200R 12 inch at f/10
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: SBIG STL11000
Guiding: internal
Exposure: Luminance only: 9x10 minutes unbinned
Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.

Blue Mountain Vista Observatory New RInggold PA
M101 with sn 2011fe
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