The picture of the supernova that occurred in the Pinwheel Galaxy from the plains of Amarkantak, the place of origin of Narmada river, has been taken by Deval Singh Baghel posted as Sub-Engineer in the Urban Administration Department in Amarkantak. Baghel told that it is a type 2 supernova. Supernova is formed due to the most terrible explosion in the space. When a star is at the end of its life cycle and its mass is at least eight times the mass of the Sun, and during the lifetime of the star, its mass continuously gathers in its center under the process of nuclear fission in the form of an iron core. It keeps getting built in.

When a star accumulates so much mass in its center that it cannot control its own mass, it explodes as a supernova. Due to this excessive amount of energy and mass is spread in the space which it appears very bright. This is considered very rare and the biggest astronomical event. A similar event was recorded from the holy land of Amarkantak between May 18 and 19, occurring in the Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101), about 28.7 million light-years away from our Earth. This supernova has been named SN2023IXF. It is worth mentioning that this supernova was discovered by Japanese astronomer K K Itagki was first done on May 19, but Deval Singh had observed the supernova with his imaging telescope even before this discovery. The photo of the supernova captured by Singh even before its discovery was authenticated by the telescopic systems of the observatories established in different regions of the country. And on May 25 2023, this pre-discovery was published in ‘Astronomer’s Telegram’.