Uploaded June 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We're discussing the HUGE Pinwheel galaxy (Messier Object 101) and why a recent supernova was of particular interest to astronomers.



Featuring Avet Harutyunyan (at Telescopio Nazionale Galileo), Vik Dhillon (University of Sheffield) and Mike Merrifield (University of Nottingham).



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