New Supernova found

[SunnyD]

I know space is big, but I would have thought "in our backyard" at least meant within our galaxy.

When you consider that the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is looking back roughly 13 billion years, with the equivalent distance possibly far greater than that thanks to universal expansion... 11.4 million is pretty damn close to us. Maybe not our back yard, but probably more like the cute neighbor chick across the street.

Okay, so it's really more like the town down the road in this case... but still, only a few minutes down the road at best.

 

[Train]

When you consider that the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is looking back roughly 13 billion years, with the equivalent distance possibly far greater than that thanks to universal expansion... 11.4 million is pretty damn close to us. Maybe not our back yard, but probably more like the cute neighbor chick across the street.

Okay, so it's really more like the town down the road in this case... but still, only a few minutes down the road at best.

Let's just say it's too far to walk there.

 

[Paul98]

fixed.

it is just extremely hard to wrap my head around the fact that something is so far away that happened 11.4 million light years ago is just now becoming visible. i just can't fathom that distance.

No, he was correct to begin with, light years is distance, years is time. It was 11.4 million light years away, and happened 11.4 million years ago.

 

[KillerBee]

somehow I'm getting a mere 67 quintillion miles away