[TexasGator]

“For us to have observed the end of the supergiant, we would have needed to be in the vicinity of the explosion. As it is, our observation would have been much later than the actual event.”

All our ‘observations’ happen later than the event.

[adorno]

All our ‘observations’ happen later than the event.

True, but, for context and understanding, people should be told about the actual time of the event, and not 'our time' of observation of the event.