Watch the Supernove LIVE tonight :)

So for all of us that dont have a telescope i have just seen on my subscriptions list on youtube a guy called Thunderf00t is broadcasting LIVE footage of the supernova tonight.

Im in the UK...i think its about 2 hours away

Wed. 31st Aug 2011, 10 pm PST.

Yes ive posted this in multiple forums....im just giving everyone the chance to watch something they will probably NEVER witness again in their lifetime

www.blogtv.com...

(Mods....delete if im taking the piss by posting this in 2-3 forums...i dont know the best one..)

Does anyone know which constellation of the sky this supernova will occur in? I have a smaller telescope I want to try using to see it

reply to post by Alchemst7


Sorry dude i cannot help you there.....if someone could record the broadcast it would be much appreciated, i doubt i will still be awake when he starts broadcasting it

Originally posted by loves a conspiricy
reply to post by Alchemst7

 

Sorry dude i cannot help you there.....if someone could record the broadcast it would be much appreciated, i doubt i will still be awake when he starts broadcasting it

I'll give it a shot.

Edit: Feed is crapping out for me, so I'm not sure i'll be able to capture anything.

Definitely going to be watching this, once in a life time chance!
says on his website it was the 25th? or is there a window of 2 weeks for it to be seen.

reply to post by atoptreetops


www.farnham-as.co.uk...

Although discovered at magnitude 17, the supernova appears to be becoming brighter. It is estimated that it could reach magnitude 10 in the next few days, which would bring it within the reach of small telescopes or large binoculars. M101 is a face-on spiral galaxy and currently well placed for observation from the UK.

It's 21 million light years away.

It exploded 21 million years ago.

Time and distance is incredible.

reply to post by iamhobo


Im glad you understand....i posted this in another forum, as i want as many people to watch it as possible, and i didnt know exactly where to put it....some are moaning in there telling me "damn, i thought it was live, your so bad for saying its live when its not" Durgh


ITS A LIVE BROADCAST lol....for anyone who doesnt have a telescope

reply to post by goochball


Thanks

Its not going to be visable for a while apparently...im in the UK so PST means nothing to me haha

Appreciate it

EDIT: No worries if you cant dude...im sure TF will record everything...that didnt occur to me originally lol, is very late here though 4:20am

reply to post by Alchemst7


Here you go:

It shouldn't be too hard to find. The Pinwheel Galaxy sits north of the last two stars in the Big Dipper's handle, forming a roughly equilateral triangle with them.

SN 2011fe

reply to post by loves a conspiricy


10 PST is in a little less than 2 hours

reply to post by xenthuin


Thanks. I just read it here from previous post link

Well don't expect as much as was intended, he's buggered some plug or something that would connect his camera to the scope, so all we'll get is a cam of his telescope display...

unless he's really mcguyver!

reply to post by Ha`la`tha


Actually his telescope is probably connected to a laptop (not HDMI though).

Here is the supernova as we saw it on cam.

lol....

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