New Supernova Discovery: Congratulations to SAS members Peter Marples and Greg Bock from the BOSS supernova team who have just discovered another SN on the 8th February 2016 in the peculiar galaxy NGC 5128 also known as ‘Centaurus A’ it’s a type II supernova, now designated SN2016adj. Greg has sent through an exciting report (which is included in our latest edition of EH) on how he and Peter discovered the SN on the night and the process they went through to confirm the discovery. If you would like to know more about the BOSS supernova team (Backyard Observatory Supernova Search) then please go to there website at: http://www.bosssupernova.com
Galaxy NGC 5128 is in the constellation of Centaurus and is also affectionately known as the Hamburger galaxy because of its dark dust lane that separated the galaxy in two, its also a well know astrophotographers target, the galaxy is about 15 million light years away and is a very strong radio wave source, hence the name ‘Centaurus A’.
Galaxy NGC 5128 also has an Australian connection; it was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia. To find out more about this remarkable deep sky object please go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A
Galaxy NGC 5128 is in the constellation of Centaurus and is also affectionately known as the Hamburger galaxy because of its dark dust lane that separated the galaxy in two, its also a well know astrophotographers target, the galaxy is about 15 million light years away and is a very strong radio wave source, hence the name ‘Centaurus A’.
Galaxy NGC 5128 also has an Australian connection; it was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia. To find out more about this remarkable deep sky object please go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A
~ Image copyright by Greg Bock ~
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