Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star
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Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
An amateur astronomer in Argentina captured the rare first optical light from a massive exploding star, providing valuable insights into the supernova explosion and the star's physical structure. The discovery was made using a new camera and allowed scientists to determine the type of star that exploded and the nature of the explosion.
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- Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star University of California - Berkeley · Feb 21, 2018 · first to report
- Amateur astronomer captures rare first light of massive exploding star W. M. Keck Observatory · Feb 21, 2018
- Rare first moment of stellar explosion captured by amateur astronomer Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe · Feb 22, 2018