Just as we recently learned about late stellar evolution and the ultimate fates of stars of varying masses, one of the major astronomical events of late evolution, a supernova has been observed in Messier 95, a galaxy about 10 Mpc away. M95 is located at RA = 10h43m58s DEC = +11° 42'14". Because the vernal equinox was yesterday, that means that the right ascension coordinates are aligned so that the Sun is close to 0 hours on the Ecliptic. This means that RA = 12 hours will be nearly overhead at midnight tonight and M95 will be overhead at 10:43 PM. Unfortunately for astronomers, despite it being a new moon, Mars happens to be half a degree away in the Constellation Leo and its brightness is way to large in magnitude to see M95 with the naked eye.
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