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Star in Nearby Galaxy goes Supernova - visible with small telescope
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:31 pm
In the Pinwheel Galaxy, aka M-101, a star went supernova late last week. This galaxy is only 21M light-years from Earth, and this supernova (designated SN2023ixf) is the closest to Earth since SN1987, which occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud, only about 168,000 light-years distant.
Pinwheel Galaxy:
Pinwheel Galaxy:
This post was edited on 5/22/23 at 7:17 pm
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:33 pm to blueridgeTiger
Kind of strange that’s how quick our existence can end
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:33 pm to blueridgeTiger
Space is big
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:33 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:
star went supernova late last week
quote:
21 light-years from Earth
That's not how light years work.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:35 pm to blueridgeTiger
So that's where those fricking lizard people are coming from
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:36 pm to JetsetNuggs
No no the lizard people were already here when we first landed.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:37 pm to blueridgeTiger
Thanks for sharing this. 
Space is an amazing place. I love watching documentaries on things like this.
Space is an amazing place. I love watching documentaries on things like this.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:38 pm to JetsetNuggs
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So that's where those fricking lizard people are coming from
Pssst...we are the lizard people.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:40 pm to RummelTiger
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:41 pm to Shexter
quote:don’t be a putz.
That's not how light years work.
“the light from the supernova reached earth last week”
that better?
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:43 pm to cgrand
Yes.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:44 pm to blueridgeTiger
Fun fact.
If a supernova occurred within 5 light years of Earth, it would wipe out life on earth instantly.
If a supernova occurred within 5 light years of Earth, it would wipe out life on earth instantly.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:46 pm to blueridgeTiger
A champagne supernova in the sky
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:46 pm to 7thWardTo314
better keep a close eye on Proxima Centauri then
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:50 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:
a star went supernova late last week
Technically, it went supernova 168,000 years ago.
Or 21 years ago...
Either way, germans.
This post was edited on 5/22/23 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:51 pm to cgrand
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better keep a close eye on Proxima Centauri then
Proxima centauri isn't anywhere near big enough to go supernova. I believe you need the star to be about 10x the mass of the sun.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:52 pm to X123F45
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Or 21 years ago...
This one.
ETA: plus 6 zeros
This post was edited on 5/22/23 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 5/22/23 at 4:54 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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This one.
We would really need to know its position in its galaxy. As it's give or take 80-160k years
This post was edited on 5/22/23 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 5/22/23 at 5:36 pm to blueridgeTiger
So the Dino’s were still here when this happened.
Posted on 5/22/23 at 5:38 pm to UncleRuckus
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Space is big
This. Humans will be extinct way before we conquer interstellar travel.
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