New supernova 25 million year away

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As an aside, I'll note that this supernova won't get bright enough to see naked eye and poses no threat at all to us here on Earth.
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Yeah, right!!! That's what TheyTM want you to think. It's a precurser to 2012!! We're doooooooomed!!1!!!
 
quadraginta said:
Shouldn't that be "25 million years ago"?

I think it makes a more interesting headline that way.
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Typo that should have been 25 million light year away (which also is 25 millions years ago). The title then got bastardised and inbreeded between those two sntences :P.

If a mod want to change it fine, but I don't see it as important. I jsut wanted to spread the news to hthose which don't visit astronomy site often and might be interrrested.
 
Aepervius said:
Typo that should have been 25 million light year away (which also is 25 millions years ago). The title then got bastardised and inbreeded between those two sntences :P.

If a mod want to change it fine, but I don't see it as important. I jsut wanted to spread the news to hthose which don't visit astronomy site often and might be interrrested.
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Only teasing. I kinda liked the combination of "New" and "25 million years ago" in the same sentence.

It does put things in a different perspective.
 
I tried to spot the parent galaxy (M101) last night. Total bust :( If the supernova gets to magnitude 10 it will be well within my scopes reach.

M51 at 23 million light years had a supernova in June. Alas I did not see that one either :(
 
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