leave it to Latinos NOT to know Latin...
Posted on 02/22/2018 6:05:33 AM PST by C19fan
The moment he saw the brilliant light captured by his camera, “it all clicked” for Victor Buso: All the times his parents woke him before sunrise to gaze at the stars, all the energy he had poured into constructing an observatory atop his home, all the hours he had spent trying to parse meaning from the dim glow of distant suns.
“In many moments you search and ask yourself, why do I do this?” Buso said via email. This was why: Buso, a self-taught astronomer, had just witnessed the surge of light at the birth of a supernova — something no other human, not even a professional scientist, had seen.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
...is nothing compared to the energy the star poured out.
A Champagne Supernova?
Behind a paywall unless there is a direct link.
No pay wall for me...I just went right in. I did have to shower, however, after accessing the washington compost.
Maybe just Firefox, the screen goes white other than the banner,
What he saw and captured may have happened half a billion years ago, with the light just now arriving.
Eydie Gorme-Blame It On The Bossa Nova https://g.co/kgs/dxCJ4J
Good point. One of my fav oldies...
I hate being late to the party.... This guy needs a medal for being a self funded scientist of note.
Some guys get all the luck!
Current distance estimate for that galaxy is between 67 mil (wikipedia) and 86 Mil LYs (sky safari).
Not that long ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_613
As for being self-taught, about 100% of the folks in my astronomy club are self taught. Most professionals wouldn’t be bothering to look at such a mundane galaxy. It’s what we amateurs do all the time.
Amusing antidote as follows. In the late 60s Chevy marketed their immensely popular Chevy Nova in Venezuela. They had to change the name when they realized it meant "No GO" in Spanish.
leave it to Latinos NOT to know Latin...
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