Re:Taking a Picture of a Supernova While Setting Up a New Ca...
by cypherpunks01 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @11:04PM
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Thanks, interesting! I think this may be the relevant "telegram" for this story?
There's a pretty active community of amateur astronomers who search for new supernovae. Until recently amateurs actually discovered most new supernovae. Japanese amateurs especially found a lot because there's nothing over the Pacific, so they could discover all the supernova that went off when it was night over the Pacific.