The supernova occurred in NGC 5690—an edge-on spiral galaxy at a redshift of 0.0058. Subsequent observations of SN 2024jlf after its discovery have revealed that its spectrum shows a blue ...
The rare supernova, named SN 2024PI, stands out in the photo as a pale blue dot shining clearly amid thick bands of gas, located just a little down and to the right of the galaxy's milky core.
and J0614-7251 (blue, lower). The yellow crosses mark previously identified supernova remnants. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy so close to the Milky Way that it is visible to the ...