New Supernova

[M54 (Molly)]

Check this out!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin

Congrats, little girl.

[Liz]

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

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Already mentioned.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.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...ture08642.html

PeterM.

[Suzy]

Originally Posted by Liz

a bright future ahead of her.

pun intended

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