# How to spot a Super Nova this weekend

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**Created:** [September 2, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/how-to-spot-a-super-nova-this-weekend/52144 "2011-09-02T05:23:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/how-to-spot-a-super-nova-this-weekend/52144/1 "2011-09-02T05:23:01Z")

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[How to See a Supernova This Weekend From Your Backyard | Wired Science | Wired.com](http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/how-to-spot-a-supernova/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher)

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**Author:** ![2000GT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/2000gt/32/389_2.png) [@2000GT](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/2000GT)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/how-to-spot-a-super-nova-this-weekend/52144/2 "2011-09-02T15:21:44Z")

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Nifty. A shame I don’t have a telescope anymore ☹

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/how-to-spot-a-super-nova-this-weekend/52144/3 "2011-09-02T16:10:52Z")

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> [@2000GT](#):
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> Nifty. A shame I don’t have a telescope anymore ☹

I was scoping it out with some cheap binoculars last night. Faint but I could almost see tiny ships escaping from a nearby planet.

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**Author:** ![somechick03862](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@somechick03862](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/somechick03862)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/how-to-spot-a-super-nova-this-weekend/52144/4 "2011-09-02T17:43:12Z")

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> [@Steve](#):
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> I was scoping it out with some cheap binoculars last night. Faint but I could almost see tiny ships escaping from a nearby planet.

LMAO! There should be a LIKE button on here!

This kind of stuff is right up my alley 🙂