Hubble spots a supernova in NGC 5806

Friday, August 31, 2012 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5806, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo (the Virgin). It lies around 80 million light years from Earth. Also visible in this image is a supernova explosion called SN 2004dg.

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