|
HI all,
we have just been advised that Peter's new SN has been measured spectroscopically from Chile not long ago, and has been confirmed as a young type 1a.
Wow, that only took 18 hours from notification to confirmation. Fantastic!!!
So, now the nail-biting wait for proof is over, we can sleep again.
Just have to wait for the CBAT designation now.
According to Nasa data, PGC8012 lies at about 80 Mparsecs (which is 260 million light years), so it is very far away indeed, but because it is a type 1a, it is relatively bright at about 15th mag. for such a distance.
Anyone care to see it visually? If so, you're seeing it as it occurred about 260 Million years ago.
Last edited by Greg Bock; 21-01-2012 at 06:02 PM.
|