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Westport Observatory
@WestportObservatory@vmst.io  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

There's been a supernova and WAS astrophotographer Carl Lancaster has the before and after of this star blowing it's guts out into the universe, erupting in "nearby" galaxy NGC 7331, 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. Officially known as SN 2025rbs, it is a type 1A supernova, a type of supernova that occurs in binary systems in which one of the stars is a white dwarf. #SN2025rbs#Supernova#WestportAstronomicalSociety

NGC 7331 supernova SN 2025rbs on 7/16/25
NGC 7331 supernova SN 2025rbs on 7/16/25
NGC 7331 supernova SN 2025rbs on 7/16/25
NGC 7331 from 2024 - no supernova
NGC 7331 from 2024 - no supernova
NGC 7331 from 2024 - no supernova
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