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The discovery of a supernova last week by 10-year-old Kathryn Aurora Gray in New Brunswick has attracted worldwide atten­tion.
Kathryn is the youngest person to discover a supernova, a stellar explosion that signals the violent death of a star several times more massive than our sun.
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A 10-year-old girl in Canada has become the youngest person to discover a supernova - an exploding star which can briefly outshine a whole galaxy.
Kathryn Gray was studying images taken at an amateur observatory which had been sent to her father.
She spotted the magnitude 17 supernova on Sunday.
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For amateur astronomers, discovering a supernova is a significant and rare feat. For a 10-year-old amateur to do it - well, that's astronomical.
Kathryn Aurora Gray of Fredericton, N.B. is basking in the spotlight after noticing what was later determined to be a magnitude 17 supernova, or exploding star, on New Year's Eve.
It's in the distant galaxy UGC 3378, about 240 million light years away, in the constellation of Camelopardalis.
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A magnitude 17.0 Type Ia supernova, 2010lt, was discovered by K. Gray, P. Gray and D. Lane on the 31st December, 2010, in the galaxy UGC 03378 in the constellation Camelopardalis.
The supernova is located 20" west and 10" north from the center of the galaxy.

Position (2000): RA = 06 06 09.18, Dec = +83°50'28".8
z = 0.018416

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