Supernova!!

[kayshapero]

Today's Hubble Release, a 30th Anniversary image of Supernova 1987A. Which you may recall took place in the Magellanic Cloud which is really about as close as i care to be to a supernova... :)

Here is what years of expanding supernova cloud looks like...

Meanwhile, what the &*)( happened to the embed video system here?  Not EVERYTHING is on You Tube, guys...

Comments

[kengr]

Nah, you're quite safe from even a Supernova at a mere hundred or so parsecs. A thousand if you have delicate gear in space.

Space is *big*. :-)

[kayshapero]

Grin. All the same, I'd rather watch it in the next galaxy over - fewer stars in the way without being uncomfortably close.