Dark Energy Survey Spots Exotic Supernova




Dark Energy Survey spots exotic supernova

The Milky Way rises over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in northern Chile. The Dark Energy Survey operates from the largest telescope at the observatory, the 4-metre Victor M. Blanco Telescope (left). Credit: Andreas Papadopoulos.

(Phys.org) —The first images taken by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) after the survey began in August 2013 have revealed a rare, 'superluminous' supernova that erupted in a galaxy 7.8 billion light years away. The stellar explosion, called DES13S2cmm, easily outshines most galaxies in the Universe and could still be seen in the data six months later, at the end of the first of what will be five years of observing by DES. The event was discovered by Andreas Papadopoulos, a postgraduate student from the University of Portsmouth, who will present the discovery at the National Astronomy Meeting 2014 in Portsmouth on Wednesday, 25 June.




Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-dark-energy-survey-exotic-supernova.html#jCp

Dark Energy Survey spots exotic supernova
by Dr, Robert Massey

(Phys.org) —The first images taken by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) after the survey began in August 2013 have revealed a rare, 'superluminous' supernova that erupted in a galaxy 7.8 billion light years away. The stellar explosion, called DES13S2cmm, easily outshines most galaxies in the Universe and could still be seen in the data six months later, at the end of the first of what will be five years of observing by DES. The event was discovered by Andreas Papadopoulos, a postgraduate student from the University of Portsmouth, who will present the discovery at the National Astronomy Meeting 2014 in Portsmouth on Wednesday, 25 June.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-dark-energy-survey-exotic-supernova.html#jCp




Dark Energy Survey spots exotic supernova

The Milky Way rises over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in northern Chile. The Dark Energy Survey operates from the largest telescope at the observatory, the 4-metre Victor M. Blanco Telescope (left). Credit: Andreas Papadopoulos.

(Phys.org) —The first images taken by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) after the survey began in August 2013 have revealed a rare, 'superluminous' supernova that erupted in a galaxy 7.8 billion light years away. The stellar explosion, called DES13S2cmm, easily outshines most galaxies in the Universe and could still be seen in the data six months later, at the end of the first of what will be five years of observing by DES. The event was discovered by Andreas Papadopoulos, a postgraduate student from the University of Portsmouth, who will present the discovery at the National Astronomy Meeting 2014 in Portsmouth on Wednesday, 25 June.




Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-dark-energy-survey-exotic-supernova.html#jCp

(Phys.org) —The first images taken by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) after the survey began in August 2013 have revealed a rare, 'superluminous' supernova that erupted in a galaxy 7.8 billion light years away. The stellar explosion, called DES13S2cmm, easily outshines most galaxies in the Universe and could still be seen in the data six months later, at the end of the first of what will be five years of observing by DES. The event was discovered by Andreas Papadopoulos, a postgraduate student from the University of Portsmouth, who will present the discovery at the National Astronomy Meeting 2014 in Portsmouth on Wednesday, 25 June.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-dark-energy-survey-exotic-supernova.html#jCp




Dark Energy Survey spots exotic supernova

The Milky Way rises over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in northern Chile. The Dark Energy Survey operates from the largest telescope at the observatory, the 4-metre Victor M. Blanco Telescope (left). Credit: Andreas Papadopoulos.



Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-06-dark-energy-survey-exotic-supernova.html#jCp

 
           
The Milky Way rises over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
in northern Chile. The Dark Energy Survey operates from the largest
telescope at the observatory, the 4-metre Victor M. Blanco Telescope (left).
Credit: Andreas Papadopoulos.