Supernova?

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  I can't see the object on Sky View:

  

  Posted February 23, 2015 5:30 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  With my luck it is probably a foreground star.

  Posted February 23, 2015 5:31 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Sky View zoomed out and rotated to match the image on TALK

  

  

  Posted February 23, 2015 5:36 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Hmm, NED says there is a star 😦

  This close, and yet so far away.....

  Posted February 23, 2015 5:42 PM

• by Capella05 moderator

  No, it is just a foreground star.

  It is visible in both the DR7 (Final release Oct 2008) and DR8 (only started observing in July 2008) SDSS images, which were taken on vastly different dates. The UKIDSS image would also of been taken on a third different date, so if it were a supernova it would not be visible in all the images.

  Posted February 23, 2015 5:46 PM

• by Alpha_Aurigae

  Yeah, well, I'll keep on looking. I'd really like to find a SN one day....

  Posted February 23, 2015 5:48 PM

• by Budgieye moderator

  Most supernovae have a greenish-blue colour.

  4.1 Supernovae in Talk, Forum, SDSS The Legacy Survey: Stripe 82, and Galaxy Zoo: The Hunt for Supernova http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=4&comment_id=53d8b997db90c7673f00101d

  Posted February 23, 2015 11:30 PM