A self-taught astronomer spotted something no scientist had ever seen [Supernova]

Washington Post ^ | February 21, 2018 | Sarah Kaplan

[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.

[C19fan]

Pretty neat. Still waiting for Betelgeuse to go nova.

[robroys woman]

Galileo was self taught too. :)

[jdsteel]

Still waiting for Betelgeuse to go nova.

Just say it 3 times!

[a fool in paradise]

He didn’t witness it. He saw a picture of it.

[Little Pig]

Maybe it already has.

What will be interesting is what that nova will do to Orion. If one of his “shoulders” becomes a huge nebula, it’s going to throw off the pattern of the constellation.

[Paladin2]

"go nova."

I thought Nova meant "no go"

[jdsteel]

🤣

[Red Badger]

AWESome!...............................

[Red Badger]

SUPERNOVA PING!................

[freedumb2003]

Pretty super Nova:

[G Larry]

Did you watch the 30 second video?

[G Larry]

That’s pretty cool.

Is it a 69?

I loved the sleeper Nova.

[hal ogen]

Cool. The vid is worth a look.

[freedumb2003]

Looks like a 69.

I just Yahoo searched for “souped up Nova” :)

[beef]

You mean the NASA animation?

[katana]

Only in Brazil and only with Chevy's (the classic international marketing cock-up).

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C19fan. A ping to the old APoD list as well.

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[Monkey Face]

Too bad the late Igor isn’t here to check the skies. Oh. Wait. He’s on the Other Side so he probably had a ringside seat to the delayed action... ;o]

Thanks for the ping!

;o])

[SunkenCiv]

oops, thanks for the Ping!

[Lurker]

For later.

L