A Schronomy Cast Episode 490 Supernova update.

Welcome to Astronomy Cast from Weekly Facts Based Journey Through The Cosmos, where we

help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.

I'm Frieza Cain, publisher of Universe Today, with me as always, Dr. Pamela Gay, the Director

of Technology, Citizen Science, the Astronomical Society, the Pacific, and the Director of

Cosmokrust.

I'm doing well.

May the fourth be with you.

That's when we're recording.

And as we mentioned, I don't observe.

May the fourth.

I need a special Star Trek day for me, and like-minded individuals, so if anyone knows

what day that should be, that would be great.

Time for another update.

This week we're going to look at what's new with Supernova, and once again, we've got

good news.

Lots of new stuff to report.

Now before we even start, the one big update that has not happened is we have not had

a close, bright, Supernova since 1987.

This is true.

Another decade has gone by, and that wasn't even in our own galaxy.

I know.

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