Astronomers Discover "supernova Of A Generation"

A supernova was discovered yesterday near the Earth than any other in its class. Astronomers believe they have found a supernova in the early hours after the explosion and the discovery of the supernova so early and so close to Earth was the astronomical community buzzing with excitement.

What is a supernova? It 'been a tremendous explosion that causes the onset of radiation, which can often blur the entire galaxy before fading from view for more than a couple of weeks or months. During this relatively short period of time, a supernova can radiate more energy as the sun is expected to release its entire life cycle. (It 'a lot of energy.) Blast out much or all of the materials of the Star of up to 30,000 km / s.

Astronomers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, has made a discovery and I think one of the most studied in the history of supernovae. Joshua Bloom, assistant professor of astronomy, has called "a supernova of a generation".

An exploding star, called PTF 11kly, Big Dipper was Pinwheel Galaxy. Palomar Transient Factory Research (PTF) has found the star exploded as soon as it had exploded. PTF researchers have discovered a supernova more than 1,000 since it began operations in 2008, but they think that this might be the most significant discovery yet.

PTF search robot to scan the sky with a telescope mounted on 48-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory Samuel Osch in Southern California. PTF request to send data from more than 400 km of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). Here you can look up information on computers and to identify events that seem to have followed. The automated system has sent the coordinates of the telescopes in the world hours of observations to an explosion.

The supernova was classified as type Ia, which is the kind used to measure the expansion of the universe. Recent Type Ia supernovae are 1972, 1937 and 1572. Weidong Li, a researcher at the University of Berkeley, said he still not know what causes supernovae, but the FTC 11kly can help you understand that. The team sent an urgent request for the Hubble Space Telescope to start studying chemistry and physics supernova from this weekend.

FTC clears 11kly minutes. It is 20 times brighter than yesterday. The supernova is 21 million light years from Earth, which is a relatively short distance compared to the astronomical standards.

As a supernova becomes lighter, it can even be felt with a telescope of 10 days from now. The best time to see the star that exploded is just after sunset in about a week. You need a dark sky, but it is said to be brighter than any supernova of this type in the last 30 years, so a good pair of binoculars should do the trick.