Electron Capture of a Supernova (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Electron Capture of a Supernova

Caption

Las Cumbres Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst galaxy NGC 2146 (toward the left).

Credit

NASA/STSCI/J. Depasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory

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