SN 2024gy was discovered by Koichi Itagaki this year, on January 4. It was swiftly identified as a type 1a supernova. Let me tell you a little bit more about this type of star explosion. It turns out that type 1a supernovae happen only in binary star systems, normally consisting of a red giant star and a white dwarf, but it can also consist of two white dwarfs or a white dwarf and a not so big main sequence star.