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Amateur astronomer catches first glimpses of birth of a supernova

Images taken in Argentina track earliest stages in a stellar explosion.
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  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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Victor Buso was eager to use the new camera on his telescope. But the amateur astronomer didn’t want to disturb his neighbours with the loud noise of opening his rooftop observatory, so he pointed his telescope through a gap in the enclosure on the night of 20 September 2016.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02331-4

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