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Images taken from the NTU telescope
M101 These two images show part of the spiral galaxy M 101. The bottom image contains the supernova SN 2011 fe and was taken on September 12, 2011 with the Meade LX200 14 inch and consists of three unfiltered 30 second images. The top image is a previous observation of M101 on May 8, 2009. This supernova is labelled by astronomers as a Type Ia. This kind is used to measure the most distant regions of space. SN 2011 fe is quite close and offers us the chance to explore how exactly they go bang, helping us to further our understanding about the future of our Universe. |
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