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Gemini GMOS image of M-74 (NGC 628) with inset (left) showing pre-explosion star (enhanced) from Gemini image and (right) SN2003gd after it exploded from Isaac Newton Telescope when the supernova was 6 months old. Full resolution images and individual images available below.
Credit: Composite by Richard Sword, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge/Gemini Observatory/Isaac Newton Telescope |
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Gemini North GMOS image of M-74 (NGC 628) used with HST data to determine nature of progenitor of SN2003gd. Full technical caption here. Credit: Gemini Observatory: GMOS Commissioning Team |
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Blow-up of region around SN2003gd progenitor star, with star enhanced for visibility. From Gemini North GMOS image. Credit: Gemini Observatory: GMOS Commissioning Team |
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Image from the Isaac Newton Telescope with the Wide Field Camera taken on 25th August 2003 by Jonathan Irwin (IoA). It shows the position of the fading supernova which by then was some six months old. Credit: Isaac Newton Telescope, Jonathan Irwin |
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Sky-map showing location of Betelgeuse which is a red supergiant like the progenitor to SN2003gd described in this release.
Credit: Diagram courtesy of Eleanor Gilchrist, Royal Observatory of Edinburgh UK. |
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