# #Mon Aug 09 11:53:29 CEST 2010 Text__7LQfEKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=The explosion Text__7LQfEKObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=A star located in the outer regions of M81, probably a red supergiant star, ended its life on March 28 1993.
At the temperature of 100 million Kelvin, its core collapsed under the weight of the heavy elements, like iron, that the star itself had been producing during all its life.