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  2. SN 1987A - Wikipedia

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    Supernova 1987A is the bright star at the centre of the image, near the Tarantula Nebula. SN 1987A was a type II supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It occurred approximately 51.4 kiloparsecs (168,000 light-years) from Earth and was the closest observed supernova since Kepler's Supernova in 1604.

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  4. File:HST SN 1987A 20th anniversary.jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. Space telescope spies neutron star at core of famous ... - AOL

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    Neutrinos, tiny sub-atomic particles, were produced in Supernova 1987A and detected on Earth 37 years ago, the day before the supernova was seen, indicating a neutron star must have formed.

  6. Scientists identify neutron star born out of supernova seen ...

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    This supernova, called Supernova 1987A, occurred 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy neighboring our Milky Way. A light year is the distance light travels ...

  7. Sanduleak -69 202 - Wikipedia

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    It was the progenitor of supernova 1987A. The star was originally charted by the Romanian-American astronomer Nicholas Sanduleak in 1970, but was not well studied until identified as the star that exploded in the first naked eye supernova since the invention of the telescope, [1] when its maximum reached visual magnitude +2.8. [3]

  8. History of supernova observation - Wikipedia

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    Supernova 1987A remnant near the center. In 1987, Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud was observed within hours of its light reaching the Earth. It was the first supernova to be detected through its neutrino emission and the first to be observed across every band of the electromagnetic spectrum. The relative proximity of this ...

  9. Powerful Webb Telescope captures photos of one of the ... - AOL

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    This background image of the region around supernova remnant Cassiopeia A was released by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2008. By taking multiple images of this region over three years with ...