This was reported by the ESA observatory, according to Ukrinform’s report.

The space object itself is more than 150 million light-years from our planet.

IC 1776 is said to be the site of a devastating supernova (powerful explosion of a star) recently discovered in 2015 by the robotic Lick Observatory Supernova Search telescope, which scans the night sky for transient events such as supernovae.

A network of automated robotic telescopes around the world, operated by professional and amateur astronomers, detects short-lived astronomical events like stray asteroids, gravitational microlensing or supernovas without human intervention.

Hubble studied the aftermath of the SN 2015ap supernova explosion during two different observing programs. Both aim to study the remnants left behind by supernova explosions to better understand these energetic events.

Various telescopes automatically track the detection of supernovae to gain early measurements of the brightness and spectrum of these events.

Supplementing these measurements with later observations that reveal the sustained energy of supernovae could shed light on the systems that caused these cosmic catastrophes in the first place.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Hubble space telescope photographed the “cosmic maser” OH 339.88-1.26, located in the constellation Sacrifice.