Comments on: Astronomers claim to have discovered most powerful supernova ever https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-claim-to-have-discovered-most-powerful-supernova-ever/ Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:13:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Phill O https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-claim-to-have-discovered-most-powerful-supernova-ever/#comment-1079084 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:13:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=65034#comment-1079084 Bob, Agreed. However, I was pointing out the importance of pro-am collaboration. Besides, 18th mag is relatively easy for photographic amateurs. A little tough for me with a 32″ visual.

Phill

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-claim-to-have-discovered-most-powerful-supernova-ever/#comment-1079081 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:08:43 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=65034#comment-1079081 In reply to Phill O.

Phill O: The amateurs had nothing to do with this discovery, and never would have. The supernova, more than three billion light years away, was too dim for them to see. PANSTARRS, the telescope that found it, is a automated survey telescope designed specifically designed to look for transient events that are normally missed, proposed and run by professional astronomers.

]]> By: Phill O https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-claim-to-have-discovered-most-powerful-supernova-ever/#comment-1079079 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:28:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=65034#comment-1079079 Jack Newton in Arizona Sky Village stopped counting after 200 supernova discoveries. He collects the data and others in the group sift through it. All with modest telescopes (max 20″ mirrors). When discoveries are observed, the big scopes investigate.

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