Smaland
01-04-2011, 12:57 PM
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For amateur astronomers, discovering a supernova is a significant and rare feat. For a 10-year-old amateur to do it — well, that’s astronomical.
Kathryn Aurora Gray of Fredericton, N.B. is basking in the spotlight after noticing what was later determined to be a magnitude 17 supernova, or exploding star, on New Year’s Eve.
It’s in the distant galaxy UGC 3378, about 240 million light years away, in the constellation of Camelopardalis.
Full story (http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/915453--canadian-girl-makes-a-rare-astronomical-find?bn=1)
For amateur astronomers, discovering a supernova is a significant and rare feat. For a 10-year-old amateur to do it — well, that’s astronomical.
Kathryn Aurora Gray of Fredericton, N.B. is basking in the spotlight after noticing what was later determined to be a magnitude 17 supernova, or exploding star, on New Year’s Eve.
It’s in the distant galaxy UGC 3378, about 240 million light years away, in the constellation of Camelopardalis.
Full story (http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/915453--canadian-girl-makes-a-rare-astronomical-find?bn=1)