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Citizen Science: 10-Year-Old Is Youngest Person Ever to Discover a Supernova

By Hank Campbell | January 4th 2011 08:43 AM | Print | E-mail

Kathryn Gray, a 10-year-old girl in Canada, has become the youngest person ever to discover a supernova. With a middle name like Aurora, perhaps that isn't a surprise.

The supernova occurred in the galaxy UGC 3378 and is part of the constellation Camelopardalis. It is about 240 million light-years away. She discovered it with the help of two other amateur astronomers.

CBC News has the story

Supernova in UGC 3378

Youngest discoverer of a supernova found this in UGC 3378. Credit: Abbey Ridge Observatory

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