[Crimson Dynamo]

Well in a couple of weeks you can with some binoculars or now with a 4" telescope.

Its a supernova that occurred 12 million years ago and the light has now just arrived to us (think how far away it was!)

Makes you think?



"Positioned between the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper, the new supernova should be easy for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere to spot; it may even brighten enough to be visible through a small pair of binoculars, said astronomer Brad Tucker, of the Australian National University and the University of California, Berkeley. Beyond creating a skywatching spectacle, the cosmic event may also afford astronomers a rare opportunity to study an object that might help them understand dark energy."

http://www.space.com/24369-supernova...ur-photos.html

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