Supernova Abell 85 (IMAGE)

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Supernova Abell 85

Caption

The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope image (left, 2009) shows no galaxy near the supernova Abell 85, but is not sharp enough to rule out the possibility that the supernova was embedded in a galaxy too faint to detect. The higher-resolution Hubble Space Telescope image (right, 2013) confirms that the exploding star, though no longer visible, was not part of a galaxy, but was instead a solitary intracluster supernova.

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Image by Melissa Graham, CFHT and HST

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