A Yellow Super Giant Has Exploded
All was quiet in the Whirlpool Galaxy….. until suddenly the core collapsed of a yellow supergiant star called SN 2011dh and the star exploded .
This was observed one week ago and we have included the pictures of the galaxy below .
The left hand image shows the Whirlpool Galaxy before the star exploded as a supernova. The middle image shows the supernova in progress and the right hand image points to the supernova itself.
Interestingly this is the third supernova like this seen in the Whirlpool galaxy in 17 years…… 2011, 2005 and 1994
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Absolutely fascinating! How much time has progressed between these photos?
Thanks.
These are pictures taken between May 28 and June 5.
We are about to do pictures of the Galaxy today and it looks like the supernova is still going.