Big day tomorrow!!!
IT'S THE 25th Anniversary date of SN1987A: 24th February 1987.
It's here, it's here, it's FINALLY here!!!!!!!!!
Get out the party poppers, light those sparklers, grab the champagne, let's all do cartwheels, woooooohooooooooooooooooooooo
Can you tell I'm excited???
Many of us will remember that magical, memorable time when we looked up into the sky and there it was- a naked eye brightly visible supernova in the LMC galaxy. And it was all to ourselves way down here in the southern hemisphere, making northerners green with envy.
This was also the brightest supernova seen from Earth naked eye, since the supernova of 1604AD.
And! It also taught us for the first time, that a star doesn't need to be an aged orange giant- this was the first ever known case of an LBV going supernova.
This SN explosion also taught us that for the first time, a star doesn't need to be an aged orange giant- this was the first ever know case of an LBV going supernova.
Now Tom (username von Tom), I know you fully expect me to yet again use your fabulous pic (it's my most special astro pic ever that Tom let me have)
, so here it is. Isn't it just fabulous and the best keepsake ever?! Even David Darling wanted it from me for his website
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And you'll should really watch this fantastic doco done in 1987 on this SN. It interviews all the people involved in the discovery and observations of this event. It is a fantastic doco, please I urge you, do watch it, you won't be disappointed. It's a NOVA-PBS doco and they do some mighty fine quality docos.
NOVA-PBS- Death of a Star (SN1987A)