Sept. 20, 2016: Spotting a supernova shock breakout

On Sept. 20, 2016, Victor Buso was testing a new camera in his rooftop observatory. Buso, an amateur astronomer from Rosario, Argentina, shot a series of images of spiral galaxy NGC 613, which is about 70 million to 80 million light-years away in Sculptor. Checking to see how the new camera had worked, Buso reviewedContinue reading “Sept. 20, 2016: Spotting a supernova shock breakout”
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