Ja den ser rigtigt spændende ud: an “Instant Cosmic Classic” Supernova skriver Berkley an ‘Once in a Generation' Supernova kalder UCSB den Se: http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2550 og http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/08/25/supernova/ The PTF survey uses a robotic telescope mounted on the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory in Southern California to scan the sky nightly. As soon as the observations are taken, the data travels more than 400 miles to NERSC via the National Science Foundation’s High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network and DOE’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet). At NERSC, computers running machine learning algorithms in the Real-time Transient Detection Pipeline scan through the data and identify events to follow up on. Within hours of identifying PTF 11kly, this automated system sent the coordinates to telescopes around the world for follow-up observations. 11kly er dermed ikke afstanden, men et løbenummer for det "event" copmputerne havde fundet: Dvs. event numemr "kly" i 2011 Mvh Henrik -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: carsten nielsen Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 9:48 AM To: astro list Subject: Supernova i Pinweel Slå op på apod.nasa.gov for 26 aug. Den forventes at blive mag. 10 indenfor nogle uger, og er type Ia. Dens navn undrer mig lidt: PTF 11kly, PTF er det observatorie der opdagede den. 11kly burde betyde 11 000 lysår, men galaksen er selvfølgelig flere mio ly væk Venligst Carsten Nielsen ----- Ingen virus fundet i denne meddelelse. Kontrolleret af AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virusdatabase: 1520/3858 - Udgivelsesdato: 25-08-2011