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Definitely a nice catch.
So let me try and visualise this.
M77 is about 47 million light years from earth. SN AT2018ivc is a star that has gone supernova in this galaxy and is hovering around a magnitude of 14 ish. Looking at how bright this stands out on the image, imagine how it would look if you were in a solar system next door. Would be amazing to observe (though would kind of muck up the dark sky observing for while too I guess).
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