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23 March 2012, 03:23 AM | #1 |
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Supernova in M95
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Anyone into this sort of thing, this is very fascinating. It just appears like a dot of light as if someone had turned on a switch, and will slowly fade out over the next couple of weeks so check it out if you can! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-the-pictures/ From the Boston suburbs with my 8" Dobsonian, I can just barely make out the fuzzy blog that is the M95 galaxy (an accomplishment in itself to find this galaxy from non-rural skies) and just barely can make out the tiny spec of light that is the supernova. Incredible just to see a star in another galaxy! </geek>
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23 March 2012, 05:26 AM | #2 |
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I`m surprised you can see anything from the eastern seaboard of the US,well done.
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23 March 2012, 05:47 AM | #3 |
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That's awesome. I'm in the same area but only have a 4" Vixen. I doubt I'd be able to make it out unless I drove to the western part of the state where the sky is much darker.
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23 March 2012, 05:48 AM | #4 |
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Very cool. Thanks for posting!!!!! I love space and enjoy reading about things like this.
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23 March 2012, 07:18 AM | #5 |
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Hopefully I'll be able to spot it with my 8" Dob before it fades. It should be fairly easy to find, lying a degree to the left and below Mars. I've never seen a supernova with my telescope, and this is a rare opportunity.
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23 March 2012, 09:29 AM | #6 |
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I agree very rare chance. I wish my telescope was here instead of in AL so I could view it. Its been so foggy here I haven't even seen a star in a week.
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I read today on a NatGeo website that it is actually (contrary to what they thought in the first few days) getting brighter; perhaps down to a magnitude 10 or 11 (from high 12s/13s). It is amazing that astronomers happened to be watching M95 "during" the supernova lighting up - quite a coincidence because I think a lot of people would have tried when Mars wasn't so close - these things come and go so quickly that if someone weren't watching it, we may never have known it happened at all. Also interesting that they may have located the source star, another rare feat: http://www.space.com/15012-supernova...-star-m95.html
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24 March 2012, 02:32 AM | #8 |
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It's so funny to talk about this in the present, when it really happened over 35 million years ago.
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24 March 2012, 02:47 AM | #9 |
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Yea, right!? The stars we take for granted as beacons in the night sky may not actually be there, even though we see them shining brightly (at least the giants)
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24 March 2012, 03:26 AM | #11 |
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Since we all only have 9 more months until a super gamma-burst wipes out all life on this planet I don't have time to take up a new hobby. But I'm glad you guys are enjoying the view!
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24 March 2012, 04:17 AM | #12 |
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Hahaha - in that millisecond of gamma-bursting-destruction you can consider yourself having a front row seat to the hobby ;-)
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