ATTACK NEWS – The amazing Type II Supernova phenomenon was recently discovered in the Cartwheel Galaxy by an astronomer.
This Type II Supernova finds in the Cartwheel Galaxy after astrotomers captured it with ESO’s new technology telescope with photo space SN 2021afdx
Cartwheel Galaxy is galaxy lenticular located about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.
This galaxy is also known as ESO 350-40, IRAS 00352-3359 and LEDA 2248 which has a diameter of 150,000 light years and a mass of about 3 billion solar masses.
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A supernova is an explosion that occurs in a dead star. Either after the star burns all its fuel or gets a new surge of fuel all of a sudden.
“The Cartwheel Galaxy used to be galaxy normal spiral that has direct interaction with galaxy a smaller companion several million years ago, giving it the appearance of a distinctive misting wheel,” says Astronomer ESO quoted SerangNews.com from SCI News, Tuesday 8 March 2022.
“But there’s something else odd about this object. Something interesting is happening in the lower left corner of this new image from the ESO New Technology Telescope — a supernova.”
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