[Chaos-l] Fwd: How to See a Supernova This Weekend From Your Backyard

[walter fowler]

Unless I am mistaken and everyone in CHAOS has already received this info,
my nephew Renaissance George sent this to me today.  It's almost enough to
get me out observing, that is if the new tropical storm in the Gulf can put
off its predicted visit to the Triangle for a few evenings.  Walter

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: odysseus <george.kachergis at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:40 PM
Subject: How to See a Supernova This Weekend From Your Backyard
To: walter fowler <walterfowler at gmail.com>




Sent to you by odysseus via Google Reader:


How to See a Supernova This Weekend From Your
Backyard<http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wiredscience/~3/su2tp21o4_M/>
via Wired: Wired Science <http://www.wired.com/wiredscience> by Danielle
Venton on 9/1/11

 Starting this weekend, the closest supernova found in at least 25 years
will be visible from your backyard with just binoculars or a small
telescope. The exploding white dwarf star is currently brightening in the
Pinwheel Galaxy, nestled, from our perspective, within the Big Dipper.

Astronomers found the type Ia
supernova<http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/08/25/supernova/>Aug.
24 within hours, they believe, of its explosion. The team from
Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, credit
the early detection to a specialized survey telescope at the Palomar
Observatory in Southern California and advanced computing.

Most supernovas spotted at the Palomar Observatory are around 1 billion
light-years away, far too distant to be seen by amateurs. At only 21 million
light-years away, the newly discovered, violently exploding star is a close
cosmic neighbor. In the video above Berkeley Lab’s Peter Nugent describes
how to spot this supernova, set to reach peak brightness Sep. 9.
*Video: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.*
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*See Also*:

   - Help Scientists Hunt for Exploding
Stars<http://wired.contextly.com/redirect/?id=04SI9XrRJW>
   - Simulation of Supernovae
Explosion<http://wired.contextly.com/redirect/?id=0COA0w85aH>
   - Supernova Shockwave
Magnetism<http://wired.contextly.com/redirect/?id=hKKpdPBDhu>
   - Amateurs Find Hidden Gems in Space Photo
Contest<http://wired.contextly.com/redirect/?id=2fm4BzZjY5>

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