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January 24, 2014
The New Star
light from a supernova explosion reached astronomers on Earth. Its origin: the nearby galaxy M82, some 3.5 megaparsecs away (11.4 million light years). It is one of the closest and brightest supernovae seen from Earth since the 1987 observation of a supernova just 168,000 light years away.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 24, 2014 10:03 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long-distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That’s dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don’t cry baby, don’t cry
Posted by: Fat Man at January 24, 2014 2:52 PM
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, that totally ruined somebody's afternoon.
I sometimes look up at the stars at night and wonder if there is one with our name on it.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 24, 2014 3:47 PM
Not a new star. A star that died over 11 million years ago. It took that long for us to get the telegram.
Posted by: Roger in Republic at January 27, 2014 3:54 PM
Not a new star. A star that died over 11 million years ago. It took that long for us to get the telegram.
Posted by: Roger in Republic at January 27, 2014 3:54 PM