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Supernova Discovered

Posted by timothy on from the amateur-hour's-brightest-stars dept.

hey! writes: "A supernova was found last Wednesday in the M74 galaxy (announcment can be found here :http://www.aavso.org/newsflash/nf904.shtml. It is not visible to the naked eye, but was discovered with at 10 inch telescope and is getting brighter -- it may be visible in amateur instruments as small as 4", according to Lew Gramer of the IAAC list. More information is available at seds.org including a very nice before and after picture."

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  1. wouldn't it be neat... by thebigbadme · · Score: 2, Insightful

    if we could use this newly found phenomina to help educate thoes coming up in the world (as well as thoes already here) more about the science of the stars. Getting people interested in things like this doesn't happen to easy now-a-days, tell your friends and neighbors, get them to see it them-selves if you can.

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