... Bright Supernova in M82 . ... But in this image taken January 23rd, an arrow does point to an exciting, new supernova, now cataloged as SN 2014J, in nearby bright galaxy M82. ... This lovely starfield spans some seven full moons (about 3.5 degrees) across the heroic northern constellation of Perseus. ... On that night, the smallest Full Moon of 2014 reached its full phase only a few hours from lunar apogee, the time of its the most distant point from Earth in the Moon's elliptical orbit. ... January...