Supernova? Just caught the Hubble photo...

[djeseru]

...over at truthout - is this a recent one? Please, would anyone happen to have a link to this story? Thanks! =)

[Dookus]

1. It might help

if you showed us the pic.

[djeseru]

2. Ooops, sorry.

http://www.truthout.com/

In such a hurry to post I completely forgot my posting etiquette.

[salvorhardin]

3. Story with picture

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0502/03outburst

[LongTomH]

4. Actually, that's not a supernova

It's a "light echo" - light from a star flare, lighting up nearby dust clouds. Here's a link to a series of pictures at the Hubble Heritage site, showing the 'light echo' expanding over the last 3 years:

http://heritage.stsci.edu/2005/02/supplemental.html

I got the link from the "Astronomy Picture of the Day" site:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

[djeseru]

5. Thank you both for the links.

Just was very curious about the photo. Thanks again. :hi: