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by ChamFan
Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:43 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Favorite APOD
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This is one is often on my desktop: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050722.html
by ChamFan
Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:47 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X-rays (2007 Jan 16)
Replies: 4
Views: 2938

What a complete answer! Thanks a bunch Kovil!
My hunch was to go with APOD over Wiki so I'm glad that turned out right.
Better than that I now understand a whole lot more about this whole supernova stuff! Thanks!!
by ChamFan
Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:04 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X-rays (2007 Jan 16)
Replies: 4
Views: 2938

APOD: Kepler's Supernova Remnant in X-rays (2007 Jan 16)

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070116.html Fantastic picture but I'm confused by the text underneath. The APOD text says "... more typical of a Type Ia supernova, indicating that the progenitor was a white dwarf star that exploded when it accreted too much material and went over Chandrasekhar's li...