
The Sky at Night
The Exploding Star
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S31 • E10 Sep 27, 1987In February of this year a supernova burst out in a neighbouring galaxy and became visible to the naked eye. It has provided astronomers with all kinds of problems. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Russell Cannon , Director of the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, and to Dr Paul Murdin of the Royal Greenwich Observatory about this remarkable event.