Youngest person to find a supernova
- Who
- Nathan Gray
- What
- 10:9 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Canada (Greenwood)
- When
- 30 October 2013
The youngest person to discover a supernova is Nathan Gray, of Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada, who discovered SN 2013hc in the galaxy PGC 61330 on 30 October 2013. Nathan was aged 10 years 9 days at the time of his discovery. His achievement beat the previous record holder – his sister Kathryn Aurora Gray – by 33 days. The young astronomers found the supernovas using special computer software which they learned to use with their father’s help, examining images taken by Abbey Ridge Observatory in Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia.