Friday, March 23, 2012

M95 Supernova Progenitor Found!

Bad Astronomy writes More M95 supernova news: progenitor found! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine "This is very exciting: the star that blew up to form Supernova 2012aw may have been seen in an older Hubble image!"

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"This is not from Hubble! It’s from Adam Block, a frequent contributor of stunning pictures to this blog, who took it using the 0.8 meter (32") Schulman Telescope at Mt. Lemmon on March 20. The supernova is the bright bluish star sitting on a spiral arm to the right and just below the core of the galaxy."

The article has a video clip explaining about the star found in older images.

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