<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">One of the closest Type Ia supernovae in modern times has just been detected in the galaxy Messier 82. Following this supernova as it gets brighter and fades would be a great student project for an undergrad (probably not a good grad project because every astronomer and their mother working on supernovae and cosmology will be following this).<div><br></div><div>If you are interested, let me know; we should start observing tonight at the Commerce Observatory.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Williams</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dr. Kurtis A. Williams<br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Physics and Astronomy<br>Texas A&M University - Commerce<br>Tel: (903) 886-5516<br><a href="mailto:Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu">Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu</a></div></span></span>
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