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Bay Area amateur astronomer photographs rare supernova

Name: Bay Area amateur astronomer photographs rare supernova
Uploaded: 2023-05-25T18:24:00-0700
Duration: 2 min 52 s
Description: An amateur astronomer on the Peninsula accidentally photographed light from a supernova just as it reached earth from a galaxy far, far away. Brian Hackney reports. (5-25-23)

An amateur astronomer on the Peninsula accidentally photographed light from a supernova just as it reached earth from a galaxy far, far away. Brian Hackney reports. (5-25-23)