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russotto · 04-02-2003, 02:06 PM

The last visible supernova actually occurred in 1987 (give or take a few hundred thousand years for light's travel time), and has the inspiring name "Supernova 1987a". But it didn't occur in this galaxy but rather the Large Magellenic Cloud.

04-02-2003, 02:06 PM	#2
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Re: 4/2/2003: 1006 A.D. supernova The last visible supernova actually occurred in 1987 (give or take a few hundred thousand years for light's travel time), and has the inspiring name "Supernova 1987a". But it didn't occur in this galaxy but rather the Large Magellenic Cloud.