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Galaxy Before and After Supernova

Caption: Infrared images from the PAIRITEL telescope showing the galaxy NGC 2770 before and after the supernova explosion SN2008D on Jan. 9, 2008. An earlier supernova, SN2007uy, was being observed at the time of the stellar explosion.

Credit: J. S. Bloom, M. Modjaz (UC Berkeley) and the PAIRITEL SN/GRB team

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