End In Fire
The supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Paul Murdin, Cambridge University Press, 1990
About SN1987A, a.k.a. Sk-69 202 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which University of Toronto astronomer Ian Shelton first observed 1987 February 27 with the 24 inch telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.
- about 20 M⊙ , 51 kpc away.
page 71: Timeline for SN1987A (need observed aftermath)
Observed time |
epoch |
status of star |
20 million years ago |
Miocene |
star formed, burned hydrogen for some 15 million years |
|| 3 million years ago