{"id":6174,"date":"2014-01-22T23:12:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T23:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6174"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:12:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T23:12:25","slug":"supernova-shines-bright-in-nearby-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6174","title":{"rendered":"Supernova shines bright in nearby galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rare supernova was observed last night in a relatively close galaxy &#8211; \u00a0Messier 82 (M82) &#8211; &#8220;just&#8221; 11.4 million light years away. The supernova is visible in amateur grade telescopes&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2014\/01220929-super-close-supernova-in-m82.html\" target=\"_d\">Super-close supernova in M82 &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skymania.com\/wp\/2014\/01\/bright-supernova-explodes-nearby-galaxy-m82.html\/8362\/\" target=\"_d\">Bright supernova explodes in nearby galaxy M82 &#8211; Skymania News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/highlights\/Bright-Supernova-in-M82-241477661.html\" target=\"_d\">Bright Supernova in M82: <em>A supernova has brightened to 11th magnitude in the famous irregular galaxy M82 off the Big Dipper. It&#8217;s easy to see in amateur telescopes during evening.<\/em> &#8211; SkyandTelescope.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a comparison before and after from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/remanzacco.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Remanzacco Observatory<\/a>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s176.photobucket.com\/user\/walcom77\/media\/new_animation_supernova_m82_22_gennaio_2014_zpsbd4116c7.gif.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Animation of Supernova in M82 - January 22, 2014 by E. Guido, N. Howes, M. Nicolini photo new_animation_supernova_m82_22_gennaio_2014_zpsbd4116c7.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/i176.photobucket.com\/albums\/w189\/walcom77\/new_animation_supernova_m82_22_gennaio_2014_zpsbd4116c7.gif~original\" width=\"446\" height=\"406\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare supernova was observed last night in a relatively close galaxy &#8211; \u00a0Messier 82 (M82) &#8211; &#8220;just&#8221; 11.4 million light years away. The supernova is visible in amateur grade telescopes&#8221; Super-close supernova in M82 &#8211; The Planetary Society Bright supernova explodes in nearby galaxy M82 &#8211; Skymania News Bright Supernova in M82: A supernova &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6174\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Supernova shines bright in nearby galaxy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1BA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8990,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8990","url_meta":{"origin":6174,"position":0},"title":"NuSTAR space observatory detects brightest pulsar ever","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA held a teleconference on Wednesday to announce new findings from the\u00a0Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission. 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