The Crab Supernova Remnant

A supernova is a giant explosion in space, caused by stars much more massive than the Sun coming to the end of their lives.

Supernovae play a very important part in the evolution of the Universe - indeed, almost every single atom in your body will have been inside at least one such explosion!

However, there are a lot of things about Supernovae that we do not understand well enough. This project involves looking in detail at some of these massive explosions and trying to understand a bit more about them.

The following sections will guide you through the art of monitoring supernovae:

Find out more about Supernovae

Learn how to measure brightness using LTImage

Review what measurements we need to take

Download some observations and report your results - Coming Soon

Look at the latest results - Coming soon