Lightning Can Strike Twice! A second Type Ia Supernova in NGC 7331 in 14 months!

 

The unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus—often referred to as "the Milky Way’s twin"—has offered observers a rare occurrence. Between July 2025 and September 2026, the galaxy hosted two consecutive Type Ia supernovae. 

Let me share that this is significantly rare. Extragalactic supernovae typically erupt once per galaxy every few centuries, making back-to-back "supernova siblings" within ~14 months in a single target a fascinating cosmic coincidence.

SN 2025rbs (Discovered July 14, 2025)

Classification: Type Ia

Discovery Team: Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) survey

Discovery Magnitude: m 17.0

Peak Magnitude: m 12.0 - 13.5

SN 2026aaiv 

Classification: Type Ia

Discovery Team: Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey

Discovery Magnitude: m 17.3

Peak/Current Magnitude: m 12.5-13.0

For my full article head over to Eadsy Astronomy at this LINK and to see images of last year's and this year's supernova there and my sketches of NGC 7331. 

Weather for the New Moon Week in Utah and the Intermountain West September 4th to the 14th 2026

 

Forecast of rain in Utah from September 4th to September 12th, 2026. Not a ton in northern Utah but some and with that rain will come clouds 

My video and Chris Tomer's are both over at Eadsy Astronomy at this LINK.  I encourage you to head over and watch Chris'! My video here simply highlights his and if you want the indepth version, please watch his. I am not affliated with Chris, I just really apprecaite his work. Also, if you're into skiing and snow sports that is why he does his channel. Just goes to say it helps with our hobby as well!

Eadsy Astronomy Newsletter Week of September 6th to 15th, 2026

This is a really basic newsletter as I am getting ready to head for Island Park in Idaho and Yellowstone. My wife's birthday is next week and she has chosen this year to take the family with us and visit Yellowstone. I've been before, she hasn't. I am taking a scope, a refrator and stuff and my SeeStar S50. The forecast is for clouds and rain with maybe one or two nights so we'll see what we can see! 

Anyway, I include the Moon Progression, a Crater a Day to observe, 3 double stars to observe per day, a comet 10p Tempel 2 and 20 Eye Candy Deep Sky objects and 15 more challenging ones. Combine them, do them daily, however you want to use the info! Most importantly, keep looking up and enjoying the night sky above and all that is up there! It is truly a marvel! 

As always the link for the Google Doc and/or the PDF is over at Eadsy Astronomy so head over to get your copy!  LINK

13 Wolf-Rayet Shell Nebula to Observe or Image with 1 Cool Planetary Nebula to make it a 14 list object (No Unlucky Numbers here!)

NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet, Emission Nebula in Canis Major; February 4th, 2016, 9:10pm MST; FR006 Site 1; Antoniadi I, clear, cold, 17 degrees F; 17.5" Dob; 5mm, 7mm, 10mm, 14mm 20mm Pentax XW; 24mm Explore Scientific 82 degrees, 27mm Panoptic; Type II Paracorr; OIII Filter.   

 Here's the Wolf-Rayet Star and Nebula Program I said I was doing. It has 13 of those objects and I included the Fetus Nebula in Cygnus which also has a high speed stellar wind but the main star is a white dwarf that is pushing the outer layers away and it looks cool! That gives us 14 objects and like Bilbo in the Hobbit, that gives us 14 which is not an unlucky number 😉

Head over to Eadsy Astronomy for the program and to get the Google Doc copy or the PDF! LINK

Cosmic Engines: What Is a Wolf-Rayet Star

James Webb Space Telescope Image of Wolf-Rayet Star WR 125

So I made this video and created an article on What is a Wolf-Rayet Star over at Eadsy Astronomy and uploaded it here.  Why? Well one of the things I try to do is educate on the objects that I post observing/imaging programs for.  

I have a small program for Wolf-Rayet stars and the shells that surround them. I think it enhances the experience of observing or imaging  them if we understand what we are seeing and imaging! 

As always, I have a full article on this over at Eadsy Astronomy LINK so head on over and take a look! Thanks!  

Observing at Wolf Creek Pass, Duchesne Ridge: August 16th-17th, 2026

 

In this video I share my full post over at Eadsy Astronomy on my observing trip out to Wolf Creek Pass, Duchesne Ridge on the night of August 16th and 17th, 2026.  I usually am too busy on a Sunday to head out, but I finished all my needed things that day and it was the one window I had in August. 

So I had considered doing Top View/Toon Rd but the forecast went south and Wolf Creek opened up. I absolutely LOVE this site so anytime I can go there I will.  I had planned in July to do several nights there but the weather didn't cooperate! Go figure. 

So here I share what you'll see if you head over to Eadsy Astronomy. Probably my favorite observing and sketches that I share are Sharpless 2-91, that OTHER Supernova Remnant in Cygnus. Thanks to my good friend Shane I was able to observer for the first time Sharpless 2-94 and 2-96! I also got some planetary nebula so this observing trip has fit right in with some of my posts lately! 

For the full report, including additional video of how to get there and of the site with images and my sketches and SeeStar images, please head over to Eadsy Astronomy! LINK

Here is a list of the sketches over at Eadsy Astronomy: 

NGC 5907

NGC 6343

NGC 6171 

NGC 6638

NGC 6642

Sharpless 2-91 

Sharpless 2-94

Sharpless 2-96

M-1-92 wide field and with magnification 

NGC 6543

NGC 6826 The Blinking Planetary Nebula 

NGC 6309 The Box Planetary Nebula 

NGC 6884 

NGC 3310