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- Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Supernova Remnant N132D
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Nova-Supernova-Hypernova?
It seems in my memory that when I was a young woman in college, we learned that a star explosion was called a "Nova," and that a few really large ones were named "Supernovae." But now I seem never to hear of a simple Nova. Instead, everything seems to be a Supernova, and there is...