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- pstroll, on 08/04/2008, -3/+29***** light pollution has turned the night sky into a dead zone, that's why it was missed.
- PatoLucas, on 08/04/2008, -0/+10Dugg because it's science and not the usual 4Chan ***** that invades digg
- zohaibusman, on 08/04/2008, -1/+8well not missed thanks to you.
- rusty0101, on 08/04/2008, -0/+6Suspect that it's a combination of factors that just left this as a hole. First week of June is very near the end of most school's school year. Professors and students are working on their finals and in many cases partying.
The guy who records more stellar Nova events than anyone else, does so by photographing thousands of galaxies. More specifically thousands of galaxies not the Milky way.
The only meteor shower in the time period of interest happens 2 days before and is very short lived, less than a day. So no one was out watching then.
An event of this size, should have been clearly visible even through light pollution. However fine details that amateur astronomers are looking for, are going to be lost, and they, like most of us that are interested in stars, but would not even call ourselves amateur astronomers are likely to have ignored the sky within the city for some time.
My first thought when I read the article was that the amount of dust in the galaxy probably blocked most of the light. And while that's probably true, it apparently was not a significant factor for this event.
I'm strongly inclined to think it was the timing more than anything else. - TheHerk, on 08/04/2008, -0/+6For sure. Astronomy is a lot more interesting when we can see what we're looking at.
- kwasmosis, on 08/04/2008, -0/+5Dude, someone should have TiVoed that *****. I mean come on NASA get with the times.
- patriamus, on 08/04/2008, -2/+6It's quiet in space... can you hear the echo?
- DarkPrincess74, on 08/04/2008, -1/+4Wasn't that the same night at the Lost Season Finale?
- nericus, on 08/04/2008, -0/+2Move to the Big Island in Hawai'i if that bugs ya that much... you want dark? Drive an hour during a new moon. There's NOTHING but stars
- outreach417, on 08/04/2008, -0/+1Suppose they decided to hold a nova and nobody came...
- ABadPerson, on 08/04/2008, -0/+1They are always exploding.
- inactive, on 08/05/2008, -0/+1Of course, how long ago did it actually explode? Depending on how far it was away from us (e.g. 10 light years), it could've exploded several years ago, but is only visible as such now. Weird to think about.
- Virgule, on 08/04/2008, -0/+1The "trih xeem" has been used.
- Jikul, on 08/04/2008, -1/+1oh well, no one told me... I wasn't aware. I couldn't even know where to look at, there are so many of those shiny things!
- shutaro, on 08/04/2008, -2/+2Not a problem if you have X-ray vision.
- Shadow120, on 08/04/2008, -17/+16TH!!
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