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Congrats, Paddy...you must be one of the very first people on the planet to see this object with the eye, as this SN news has not gone far beyond the confines of this thread!
We are getting a "back row seat" when viewing this celestial show....the light has travelled a bloody long way to reach your eye.......this is probably just as well, as I wouldn't want to be anywhere near this supernova.....
The galaxy itself looks low surface brightness in the images, with the only relatively bright part being near its centre in the form of a small bar that is surrounded by an indistinct ring structure.
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