<p>Not yet.</p>
<p>The first supernova from which neutrinos have been detected was SN 1987A in the large magellanic cloud at roughly 51kpc distance - like you write. Current detectors are not sensitive enough to detect signals beyond this distance; however the next generation of detectors (when built) is expected to be sensitive to supernovas around the distance of Andromeda (e.g. see <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.03853" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this paper by Wigmans (2018), §9.1</a>).</p>

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<p>Could we detect neutrinos from a supernova in Andromeda?
Are our neutrino detectors sensitive enough to do so?
They detected 13 neutrinos from SN1987A, which was 186,000 light years away, but our detectors are much more sensitive now.</p>

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Could we detect neutrinos from a supernova in Andromeda?
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# Could we detect neutrinos from a supernova in Andromeda?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-06)

Could we detect neutrinos from a supernova in Andromeda?
Are our neutrino detectors sensitive enough to do so?
They detected 13 neutrinos from SN1987A, which was 186,000 light years away, but our detectors are much more sensitive now.

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> **username_1**: See also https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/18559/multi-messenger-astronomy-what-is-the-potential-of-simultaneous-detection-of-gr  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-07-06. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Not yet.

The first supernova from which neutrinos have been detected was SN 1987A in the large magellanic cloud at roughly 51kpc distance - like you write. Current detectors are not sensitive enough to detect signals beyond this distance; however the next generation of detectors (when built) is expected to be sensitive to supernovas around the distance of Andromeda (e.g. see [this paper by Wigmans (2018), §9.1](https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.03853)).


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