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Find the Supernova Challenge
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Find the Supernova Challenge
April 19, 2012 at 8:21 pm
I took about an 1hr 40min worth of photographic data on the Pinwhell galaxy (Messier 101) last night, and got some decent, though not outstanding, results. I had imaged this one before but was not satisified with my results (I'm still not). But what is good about these two images is that they are before and after images (before the supernova, and after).

The first image below was taken on Feburary 10, 2011. On August 25, 2012, a supernova event occurred within M101. So the second image, taken last night contains the supernova. Challenge: Find the supernova.

I'll post the answer tomorrow.

Good luck.

[Image: m101_Feb_10_2011_cropped.jpg]

BEFORE


[Image: m101_April__18_2012_cropped.jpg]

AFTER

Hint: It is in one of the spiral arms.
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RE: Find the Supernova Challenge
April 19, 2012 at 11:57 pm (This post was last modified: April 20, 2012 at 12:04 am by Forsaken.)
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RE: Find the Supernova Challenge
April 20, 2012 at 12:01 am
Might want to wrap that spoiler in hide tags.... Big Grin

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RE: Find the Supernova Challenge
April 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm
(April 19, 2012 at 8:21 pm)orogenicman Wrote: On August 25, 2012, a supernova event occurred within M101.
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What?

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RE: Find the Supernova Challenge
April 20, 2012 at 5:18 pm
(April 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm)Welsh cake Wrote:
(April 19, 2012 at 8:21 pm)orogenicman Wrote: On August 25, 2012, a supernova event occurred within M101.
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What?

Looks like Yahweh is not sleeping on his job, afterall.

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RE: Find the Supernova Challenge
April 20, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Looks like forsaken got it right. Good eyes.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens

"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".

- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "

- Dr. Donald Prothero
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