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Originally Posted by PeterM
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Originally Posted by Greg Bock
Ok, great news from the Hubble Space Telescope.
On March 19, using three images totalling 72 minutes, they found an almost complete ring which is an echo of the early SN light pulse scattered off of pre-existing interstellar material along the line of sight. It is about 5 to 6 times fainter than the SN, and bluer than the SN at very early times after explosion.
And, there may also be a brighter light echo closer to the SN, but it is too hard to tell right now due to processing residuals.
Atel here: http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=8890 |
Great and fascinating news boys
Seeing "Marples et al" written in there must feel pretty cool too Peter
Mike