The galaxy NGC 3938

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Photographer:

astroenthusiast

Location of Photo:

Roswell, GA

Date/Time of photo:

03-20-2021 at 11:12 pm EST

Equipment:

Explore Scientific ED165-FPL53 Air-Spaced Triplet Refractor Telescope, Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro, ASI2600 CMOS color camera, 0.75x focal reducer.

Description:

The galaxy NGC 3938, lies at 30.7 megaparsec away, putting it at around 65 million light years from our planet. In 2017 a blue supergiant star, located in NGC 3938 went supernova and exploded with the mass of 50 suns in what Astronomers call the force of a Type 1C category supernova explosion!