Blown-Up Star Seen Expanding - 58 Year Time-Lapse Video
Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
In 1901, the star GK Persei, 1,300 Lights Years from Earth, exploded. Images of the remnant (Nova Persei 1901) by the Isaac Newton Telescope and the Nordic Optical Telescope in Spain spliced together allow a 3-D model to be created.