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- This is the famous supernova discovered
- on February 23, 1987. This was one of
- the most exciting discoveries of it's type
- in many years, as this was the first
- naked-eye supernova since 1885. It is also
- the closest one since 1604, 5 years before
- Galileo first trained his telescope towards
- the sky. See the June 1987 issue of
- Astronomy magazine for more details.
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