In 1901, a star called GK Persei exploded—went nova—about 1300 light years from us. Space.com has combined several photos taken between 1958 and now into a short timelapse that really gives you an idea what is happening.
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27 January 2013
Watch a star going nova—photos over 58 years witness huge explosion
In astronomy, you don't often get to see things (outside our own solar system) moving. But as the years tick over since technology allowed astroimaging, the building body of archival photos is allowing us to combine pictures of the same objects collected over increasingly greater spans of time.
In 1901, a star called GK Persei exploded—went nova—about 1300 light years from us. Space.com has combined several photos taken between 1958 and now into a short timelapse that really gives you an idea what is happening.
In 1901, a star called GK Persei exploded—went nova—about 1300 light years from us. Space.com has combined several photos taken between 1958 and now into a short timelapse that really gives you an idea what is happening.
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