VICTOR BUSO Astronomer Victor Buso poses in front of the telescope with which he witnessed the birth of the supernova 2016gkg. VICTOR BUSO A time lapse composed of images taken by Buso at the moment of discovery. The light didn't look like a supernova - the usual source of new lights in the sky. "We immediately noticed this was an incredibly important discovery," Bersten said. According to a statement from the University of California at Berkeley, Buso had captured light from the supernova's first hour.

Source: Stuff February 22, 2018 00:00 UTC