Judi Provencal

B.A., Smith College, 1987 M.A., Astronomy, The University of Texas, 1990 Ph.D., Astronomy, The University of Texas, 1994 2005-present: Director, Delaware Asteroseismic Research Center 2005-present: Director, Whole Earth Telescope 2000-present: Resident Astronomer, Mt. Cuba Observatory and the University of Delaware

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

New Supernova

I heard about a new supernova that appeared in M95 around
March 16. It was a Type II supernova, which
is a massive star that has exploded. This galaxy is 37 million light
years away. It was sort of clear tonight for my observational
astronomy class from the University, so we used the 24 inch telescope
to capture this image of M95.
The arrow points to the supernova. It was sort of hazy, and M95 was
right above Wilmington, so the sky is kind of
rough. The other picture is an older image I found of M95 before the supernova.

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