Astronomical Events - vtastro.org Forum https://vtastro.org/community/astronomical-events/ vtastro.org Discussion Board en-US Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:01:37 +0000 wpForo 60 New nova in the sky, just visible to the naked eye! https://vtastro.org/community/astronomical-events/new-nova-in-the-sky-just-visible-to-the-naked-eye/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 23:38:33 +0000 Just announced: there is a new light in Lupus: Nove V462 Lupi.

 

First detected 6/12/2025 astronomers from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae at Ohio State University, it started with a magnitude of +8.4, as of 6/16 it was +5.7.

 

]]> Astronomical Events Alan Davis https://vtastro.org/community/astronomical-events/new-nova-in-the-sky-just-visible-to-the-naked-eye/ New progress on that 2019 image of black hole https://vtastro.org/community/astronomical-events/new-progress-on-that-2019-image-of-black-hole/ Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:10:22 +0000 You perhaps remember 2 years ago when all the news outlets were showing the image of the black hole at the center of M87. They now have more data (or rather more information extracted from the original data) that is showing some surprises. I've seen the new 'image' posted a few places, but here's a nice video with an astronomer putting in layman's terms about the new image and what it means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w1BHjOv7VM

]]> Astronomical Events Mark Moyer https://vtastro.org/community/astronomical-events/new-progress-on-that-2019-image-of-black-hole/