Amateur astronomer captures beginning of the end as star goes supernova

Amateur astronomers have made some pretty amazing observations in the past, including asteroids striking Jupiter, a brand-new system of four Super-Earth exoplanets, and just recently, the rediscovery of a NASA satellite long thought lost. Now, an Argentinian amateur astronomer named Victor Buso is thanking his lucky stars, after capturing on camera the very moment a star went supernova.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Amateur astronomy
• Astronomy
• Keck observatory
• Stars
• Supernova

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