Supernova in M95 (NEWS) - Deep Sky Videos

This is breaking news (on Earth). It happened millions of years ago in space. We have an as-yet unconfirmed supernova in the galaxy M95.
This is not our final M95 video, just a news update. Thanks to Nik Szymanek who imaged the object for us at short notice and in testing conditions (what a nuisance Mars can be).
Video features Professor Mike Merrifield and Meghan Gray.
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[@denispol79]

I made some quick calculations. If you look at Mars and put a finger close to your eye. Imagine the difference in distance between you and Mars to a distance between your eye and your finger. Mars is hundreds of billion times more distant then your finger. Now roughly the same ratio will be between distance from you to Mars and distance between you and M95. So you can imagine that your finger is Mars and M95 located where Mars is.

[@nairzD]

@Old Soul @Old Soul No if you're touching your eye you'd be on Mars. Get some dirt on your finger, pretend it's Mars. Then touch your eye. Soon, not only will you be on Mars, your eye would actually be Mars itself after the eye infection.

[@uiraideszen3223]

@@nairzD ,man.Your sense of humour is spiraled!👍👍👍👍

[@nairzD]

@@uiraideszen3223 Well for the last part, i meant it half seriously. I had an eye infection before. It kinda burst the blood vessels on the eyeballs and makes blood spill inside the white part. My entire eye was literally blood red, thus i referred it as Mars itself hehe

[@uiraideszen3223]

@@nairzD,ok.That is seriously funnily serious

[@nairzD]

@@uiraideszen3223 haha

[@singinceil]

space is so fascinating...

[@fastfingers110]

singinceil . I want a spaceship for Christmas

[@vts0361]

Nah how about a DeathStar?

[@moonmoota4149]

Yes space in fascinating bcz I study about space...

[@McBango]

That last tid bit just broke my heart

[@johnishikawa2200]

When they contrasted the difference in brightness that we observe between mars, and this supernova that occurred over thirty million years ago in M95, that really brings it home that we are dealing with vast distances--intergalactic distances. For if that star blew up in our galaxy, anywhere near our solar system, well, that woulda been the end of us!!!

[@oogrooq]

@Tossphate I don't know if someone answered you, but one happened in our galaxy in 1054. Its remnants are the Crab Nebula. Sagan talks about it in 'Cosmos'.

[@DonTLie38y]

Try to find a constellation first (like Orion, is a quite easy one). Then you can use a program to help you. I use Stellarium. Once you have a reference (such as Orion), you'll recognize the constellations surrounding (like Taurus) and after a while will be easy to locate planets (like Jupiter, which appears several times near the constellation Taurus). Sorry if my english is bad, I'm still learning.

[@kurtilein3]

@Neueregel im also using it for sailing. its just binoculars, but the brightness is good, everything looks much brighter through these and the number of stars you can see is greatly increased.

[@No_OneV]

It blows my mind every time that those little smudges are entire galaxies with countless stars

[@No_OneV]

@Heyward Shepherd Here enjoy, just make sure your pc is powerful enough to handle the full resolution hubblesite.org/image/4492/news

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@atthetopofmyvoice thank you! much appreciated!

[@ExperienceCounts2]

@singlespies As far as I understand it depends on the type of supernova it is. Each type of supernova has a specific lifetime. That's how they use them as "standard candles" to measure distance - they know how bright each type gets and they know how long each type "burns".

[@MrAge1234567]

Saw something like this back in 1996. Would love to talk to someone about it.

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@DFTBA10000 Another astronomer told me it could be something less bright in the foreground, coincidentally aligned with M95 behind... a nova for example.... we'll know soon though!

[@kardredren]

"piddly little planet" lol, I just had a very amusing mental image of a scientist dedicated to the study of Mars reacting to this comment :D Great video again, this is an exciting event.

[@superscienceshow]

wow that is probably the only time in history the negative film effect was useful. Not just "cool look what my camera can do."

[@AVJRoutledge]

And just to think that it (whatever it is) happened 38 million years ago...

[@kurtthekool]

its phil kessel

[@superdau]

@zmzm12 How do you get the idea that it is over a billion light years away? Did you even pay attention when watching the video?

[@torenico]

And he was right, it was a Type II Supernova.

[@brnmbrns]

As of late, it's postulated to actually not being constant.

[@plahta100]

@Tossphate what do you mean by betelgeuse is not in our galaxy?

[@anthroparion]

2:57 ... If that isn't an eye, I don't know what is.

[@Neueregel]

@Erpyrikk You need at least a 6 inch telescope and pure dark skies.

[@shadowlink00125]

I'd like to see a video on Tycho's supernova

[@badshabz1]

the super nova must have happened a few million years ago....

[@dondude69]

Do they get spectra of as yet unidentified elements?

[@DrSaxxy]

When I was a young star I exploded very quickly too, but I've learned to control it better with age.

[@singlespies]

Wonder how long supernovae like this one are visible - no one really said...

[@AmxCsifier]

So we pointed Kepler down to capture the animation designer laptop screen? Impressive stuff

[@shadowpk1]

Its a giant eye

[@christophermerry8087]

Possibly a champagne supernova.

[@jebus6kryst]

Amazing.

[@oldi184]

Guys how you know for sure its supernova and not just some new born star? Maybe just new star exploded from collapsed disk of matter?

[@lachezarkrastev7123]

What else could be unless supernova?

[@ca99nada]

This dude is in every damn channel i look at lol

[@Dara1508]

Will l be able to see this from Australia?

[@JacobJohnification]

That galaxy looks like Sauron

[@metabog]

Hold the line!

[@DamianReloaded]

@PBDPBD legitimate but not true. If you traveled right now at the speed of light to that super-nova when you get there it'd look twice as old as we see it now.

[@RedBar3D]

Michael keeps switching between calling it supernove and supernova? Am I missing something (I come from Sweden)? Not sure whether it's physical or just native speaking, mind enlightening me?

[@ramyres]

I think he says "supernova" (singular) and "supernovae" (plural)....

[@sandipphalke3391]

What if our sun get a supernova

[@powerspan]

My comment will be here if KZbin is there for million years and to guys from future hello there

[@MrMBB333]

For whatever it's worth we are seeing some sort of pulsar in the SE sky below Mars, no telescope. Have seem it three nights now, last being March 18th. Light blue repetitive flash, about 4 minutes apart, same location. In Arizona.

[@MrAge1234567]

I saw something amazing like this back in 1996. Would love to talk about it with you, if your keen.

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@BioChemicalMedicine 2-3 months? search these ones on facebook for the fan pages... periodic table of videos, sixty symbols, foodskey, numberphile, deep sky videos, my favourite scientist, backstage science

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@kardredren says, I think it was spoken like a true galaxy astronomer! But I assure you Dr Gray has plenty of time for planets too!!! ;)

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@singlespies It could be 2-3 months I think I was told... but I'm no astronomer and that is my hazy memory!!!

[@phoebeorbase4558]

Who's watching this because of Betelgeuse?

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@DracoMhuuh thank you - glad you're enjoying them!

[@charlesclements4350]

Wow! Great! I get to see something that was put out on Mar. 19, 2012 in Jan. 14, 2020. Gee, I hope that I'm not too late.

[@Zoomer30]

Watch this channeling for the upcoming Beetlejuice supernova.

[@Zoomer30]

Or "channel" even (damn swiftkey.)

[@infamousnfx8703]

Betelgeuse* and also its a variable star which means it dims and brightens in cycles. the only reason there’s talks of a possible supernova is because its very close to becoming a super nova (tonight - a million or more years from now is “close”) and its at the dimmest its ever been. but its probably not going to ‘splode just yet lol. our generation isn’t lucky enough to have a second full moon in the sky

[@Seawolf159]

How do you tell that that thing in the sky is venus/mars/jupiter or whatever? I never see these things at all because i only find clouds around here but would like to know when it clears up.

[@rinkelimuru]

in the meanwhile in a galaxy far far away you can hear luke Skywalker scream nooooooooooooooooo when they blowed up a planet with the Death ray from the Death star and 36 million years later we notice it

[@KevinP32270]

lol

[@kurtdylanlegada4476]

Shinobu Oshino YAS

[@gigasflare]

this is reality, no game for kids whatsoever.... people that doesn't accept facts, god, the truth might as well be dead or would be no reason for them to live.

[@Elegant_Owl]

Just to think, that star exploded 38 million years ago, and we're just now seeing it.

[@theerrorcode1551]

ƐƖєgαηт OωƖ and that's just how long it took light to travel! Imagine how long it would take us to travel there

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@paulosham1 you're welcome - you can always re-pay me by sharing the link around and telling people about Deep Sky Videos! :) (or send a large quantity of unmarked bills to me at Deep Sky Videos)

[@DracoMhuuh]

I'm so glad I checked youtube before going to sleep. Brady I'm a physics student and your videos are really awesome. I just love it and talk about your channels to all the students at my university =D Your videos are entertaining, educative and accurate =D

[@jaynecooney9549]

I’m sorry to be so thick but would have seen because I saw a flash coming from where Mars is I’m probably being really thick

[@BruceGrembowski]

38 million light years is close enough that we can resolve individual stars? Wow!

[@frankabler]

Breaking News everyone! Stop the presses! 30 million years ago a star blew up 30 million X 5.88 trillion miles away from Earth. Hold on to your hats everyone, this is going to be a rough one!

[@DeepSkyVideos]

@Lelbee great to hear!

[@bradpitts289]

It happened 6oo million years ago wants you see it then that means it's connected and like all things we will start feeling the effects soon after.light travels186.ooo miles a second and it happened 6 million years ago.the ripple is about here...

[@DrPhil-by7lt]

That's crazy we looking at something that happened 30 million years ago... now

[@onedollarbill94]

you can't prove religion either

[@antonyquigley5219]

it seems quite obvious that if the galaxy is so small that the stars around it are only barely visible through massive power telescopes, the starts are basically white vapor, that we wouldnt see a star exploding it it, i think all the supernovai we see are much closer and just happen to be infront of our viewpoints of the galaxy

[@शिवप्रमति]

old news.. 38 million years..

[@ProperLogicalDebate]

Can one see it with just your eyes? If not, binoculars, or how small a telescope?

[@Neueregel]

@kurtilein3 Hi again. 28x40 are good (28x magnification..) for bird watching but the light gathering collection of 40 mm lens aren't really that great...especially in the night. A six inch scope has 150 mm instead, which is at least 20 stronger than 40 mm and can show 5 more magnitudes (e.g. +13 instead of+ 8)..but then again that 6" cost at least 250$, unlike some good and cheap binos.

[@Neueregel]

@Tossphate The last Supernova on our Milky Way exploded in 1604, known as Kepler's Supernova, was a supernova that occurred , in the constellation Ophiuchus. As of Feb 2012, it is the last supernova to have been unquestionably observed in our own galaxy, occurring 20,000 light-years from Earth. Visible to the naked eye, it was brighter at its peak than any other star and all the planets (other than Venus), with apparent magnitude −2.5. It was visible during the day for over three weeks.

[@kurtilein3]

@Neueregel ok, i wasnt so sure about that one. But i have great binoculars, and even if i have been wrong here.... Good binoculars are the first thing anyone interested in astronomy should get. I got mine on a black market in Poland for around 80 euros, a bit of a gamble because of the place where i got it, but it turned out to be a great 28X40. By Bresser. Later research revealed that Bresser is now Meade. So, you are right, but still... If you dont have a telescope, get good binoculars!

[@kurtilein3]

@Neueregel betelgeuse might blow up any moment. For other supernova candidates its dozens to hundreds of millions of years. For betelgeuse, the question is if it can even survive another million years ;) On the list of candidates, it really is number one. If not, please tell me, if there is another candidate for imminent supernova out there that is even more crazy than this one, tell me, i would like to know.

[@kurtilein3]

@whitetyger00 our atmosphere protects us :) If you want to worry, worry about the people living in the international space station. If a nearby supernova for us should be half as bright as the sun is, we would get strange/ too warm weather for a few days and many, many people would hurt their eyes by looking into it, since it is more focused than the sun, more like a laser. You really need to worry only if a supernova gets visibly brighter than our sun is for us.

[@kurtilein3]

i think it will take only a few days until the dust has settled and they know what exactly it is. Keep us updated! and then, 2 weeks later, while the debris is still hot (not really metaphorically because if it is a supernova, it will stil be in the millions of degrees celsius or kelvin in 2 weeks), do a m-95 video :)

[@Neueregel]

@Tossphate No problem.Yes, Betelguese is in our galaxy, it is even in our own Spiral Arm (Orion-Cygnus Arm) which between the Perseus and Sagittarius arms. Pretty much close in a universal scale.

[@donnaluttchen1770]

Sieht aus wie ein Auge. Siehst du also ein riesengroßes Auge am Himmel, ist immer eine Supernova in der Nähe. Sprüht ihr deswegen den Himmel zu, damit wir das nicht sehen, oder wollt ihr uns alle vergiften?

[@Neueregel]

@kurtilein3 Binoculars? Are you serious? The guy said this new Supernova is Magnitude 13. With binos you only get to see up to 9 or 10 !! (ideally).

[@Neueregel]

For a beginner, 6 inch in diameter (150 millimeters) in objective lens' diameter, should be enough for almost any trivial observations.

[@skywriter1962]

Can it be seen from somewhere south of Mars, i have sub who lives in Arizona (s/w usa), and has been seeing a bright blue flash(s) at or on 9:30 MST (usa), not sure how many he see's, but he left the impression that this all took second's to happen!, i live at the north end of the state and will watch for it tonight!

[@jdgrahamo]

You're not helping...

[@jdgrahamo]

The speed of light, being constant and very fast, is used for measuring large distances. A light-year is the DISTANCE light travels in one year, so if an object is one light-year away it will be a year before any light coming from it reaches us. Similarly, it will take a year for any light leaving here to reach an object one light-year away. If something is ten light-years away, the light will take ten years to get here. And if it is thirty-eight million light-years away...

[@Tossphate]

If supernovae occur every 30 odd years per galaxy, what was the last one that popped in our galaxy, how long ago was it (and by extension when is the next one likely to happen), and did we have all the sweet tech that we have nowadays to study it? I know that betelgeuse is due to bow out soon, and will be visible to the naked eye, (possibly even during the day) but that isnt even in our galaxy. A Milkyway SN must be really bright! yes/no?

[@mayasegovia1729]

In late 2017 Im pretty sure I witness a supernova explosion it was in late November or early December and 2:45 3:00am I was amazed and couldn't believe what I had witness it was a neon white orb light that just got big and vanished it looked exactly how it did on the pic in this video I knew it was a supernova the moment I seen it it left me mesmerized

[@mrf1shie]

Why? Just why do you think that? Can you really not appreciate an awe inspiring human achievement for what it is without attaching ludicrous conspiracy theories to it? I don't even care if you're trolling. It's just so mind bogglingly cynical to think that we faked the moon landings, and a pretty depressing outlook on life.

[@trelenh]

Help please people...Anyone who's really good at it...I've always loved watching the sky but never had the chance to buy a telescope. I really want one but I have no clue of what to look for. I need something that will be powerful enough and which I won't regret buying because there is something better at the same price. Any ideas about what features I should be looking for?

[@KeithArnotBurr]

@Tossphate Betelgeuse is in our Galaxy, just for a heads up. I think the last one recorded in your galaxy was in 1604 and it was discovered by Johannes Kepler. It was in the constellation of Ophiuchus. This was 4 years before the invention of the telescope and 5 years before Galileo Galilei turned his telescope to the sky.

[@Nvorzula]

Dawwww I've always wanted to see a good supernova in the night sky. Unfortunately I a) do not own a telescope of any kind and b) live in the middle of LA where the light pollution is so bad I can only count a total of 23 stars from my balcony on any given night (although my balcony DOES perfectly face Mars so I'll at least know where to look even if I can't see it).

[@Mojosbigstick]

There was no discussion of what it MIGHT have been, if it wasn't a supernova. I know they knew it was really a supernove from the start, and they had to keep saying they weren't sure until it was proved, but it would have been interesting to know what else it might have been.

[@Jampotsrule]

It's almost not funny cus there could have been life. Not that we would EVER see them. Even with light speed we couldent get a human there without him ageing mabey 20- 30 years. So we should just say goodbye I gess. Also this must have happened a VERY long time ago

[@pacogoatboy]

Betelgeuse is in our galaxy, fairly close to us, 640 light years or so. The most recent supernova that we know of in our galaxy is about 140 years old. The difficulty with seeing these in our galaxy is that much of it (our galaxy, that is) is blocked from our view by dust and the like.

[@scottanderson8167]

Subsequently this supernova was named the Gorilla Supernova, after everyone’s favorite kind of animal, the Chinpanzee

[@TomatoBreadOrgasm]

Hey universe! A star exploded! ... What do you mean "it happens all the time?" In all earnestness, pretty damn cool from this simple human's perspective.

[@joshhyyym]

I though that they said that brightness was conserved ie, a distant object would appear equally bright to a near object, although much smaller... This was in the video about andromida.... hmmm maybe I misunderstood this.... :/

[@BioChemicalMedicine]

Thx alot, and good luck :) ... my only request now is ... a biology or medicine channel :) ... I believe that would just complete everything !!!! I will be particularly interested as i'm interested in studying medicine at uni.

[@USAon3]

I'm pretty sure you mean Eta Carinae. There's no such star as "Eta Corina". And it probably won't kill us, as its rotational axis doesn't even point toward our solar system, much less Earth.

[@AstroSchriesheim]

Im going to photograph it today. If anybody wants i can post the pictures here tomorrow! If the weather stays good im going to make a big session and animation over the next weeks.

[@basalisk335]

@Tossphate actually betelgeuse is in the milky way, its only about 640 light years away and when they say it could blow up soon they mean any time in the next million years or so.

[@clayz1]

A friend of mine keeps his Nova in his backyard. Which is nice.

[@LolFishFail]

I wonder how a supernova sounds. That would be epic. p.s Will the sound waves / vibrations of the supernova be able to be picked up by a satellite?

[@skinnyjohnsen]

Thank you Brady, and thanks to Mike and Meghan! I expect fantastic images presented very shortly ;-)

[@Sean_735]

Nope Hypernova does that. The strongest supernovas make neutron stars, the weakest make brown dwarfs, and the average supernova leaves a white dwarf.

[@1212JackJohnson]

Brady Haran; ever reliable, our man on the spot! I suppose I should buy a telescope as well as the abacus that you are responsible for (numberphile)

[@skinnyjohnsen]

@flib08 How long is a star like Betelgeuse supposed to live before it blows up? I's really like to see that happening in my lifetime ;-)

[@BioChemicalMedicine]

how long will it keep glowing braddy ????? - also can i please get links to the fb pages of ur other channels :D, great vids as always :D