How to see a supernova
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Is it possible for anyone to be more deadpan while talking about a cataclysmic supernova he and his colleagues discovered "in our backyard?"
Peter Nugent explains how you can spot the supernova using a pair of binoculars and looking somewhere near the Big Dipper.
If you should spot it, just remember that you're looking 21 million years back in time.
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