Possible supernova?

• by Terry_Day

  I am an interested amateur not an experienced astronomer however after looking at a lot of of images this one stands out as being very different. Is this a super-nova, or a planetary nebula, or ……? Terry Day

  Posted September 12, 2012 1:48 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Hi
  this is a very lovely barred spiral

  Posted September 12, 2012 1:50 PM

• by Terry_Day in response to ElisabethB's comment.

  ElisabethB
  Hi
  this is a very lovely barred spiral

  Hi Elisabeth,

  Thanks for enlightening me. It is certainly a beautiful object.

  Posted September 12, 2012 4:15 PM