New Supernova

[M54]

Check this out! :eyepop:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/04/3106290.htm?section=justin

Congrats, little girl.:thumbsup:

[Liz]

Good on her!! She may have a bright future ahead of her. :thumbsup:

[AstralTraveller]

Already mentioned.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=70147

[PeterM]

Congratulations to her indeed.

The Galaxy is PGC018299, aka UGC3378 way North at +83 deg.
The 17th magnitude supernova is cataloged 2010lt and is a sub luminous type 1a event (merging of 2 equal mass white dwarf stars).

If I remember correctly the previous youngest discovery was a 11 or 12 year old girl and her discovery gained a lot of interest as it too was a sub luminous SN.

More can be found at these sites.
http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7277/full/nature08642.html

PeterM.

[Suzy]

:lol: pun intended :question: :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Girl power! Good on her, just goes to show all of us really can make some great contributions to Astronomy. Gives us all hope. :D