Astronomers have spotted “the supernova of a generation,” and it’s exploding right now

astronomer are calling a supernova first sighted just two days ago an “ Instant Cosmic Classic . ” Not only is the supernova brighter and closer to Earth ( around 21 million idle - old age ) than any we ’ve observe in a genesis , scientists actually managed to watch the supernova within hour of its explosion , making it the youngest supernova we ’ve ever detected .

The supernova , which astronomers have mention PTF 11kly , was discovered exploding in the Pinwheel Galaxy by Peter Nugent , the older astronomer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory . ( The Pinwheel Galaxy can be pick out by star - gazers in the Big Dipper constellation . )

“ We catch this supernova very soon after explosion . PTF 11kly is getting brighter by the instant . It ’s already 20 prison term shining than it was yesterday , ” said Nugent . “ watch PTF 11kly unfold should be a wild ride . It is an exigent cosmic classic . ”

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This series of images shows how PTF 11kly has been steady increasing in brightness over the last few day ( snap to enlarge ) . accord to materials provided by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory :

The left image shoot on August 22 shows the event before it detonate supernova , approximately 1 million times fainter than the human centre can detect . The middle look-alike take on August 23 shows the supernova at about 10,000 metre fainter than the human eye can detect . The right image taken on August 24 shows that the event is 6 times brighter than the previous day .

The supernova is expect to continue increasing in intensity for another two weeks , by which point uranologist say it should be visibile in the night sky with a standard duet of binoculars .

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