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- Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:50 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: SN 1006 Supernova Remnant (2009 Aug 01)
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question re SN1006 Supernova (APOD 8/1/09)
I've seen images such as that presented on 8/1/09 of SN 1006 Supernova Remnant and have always been curious about one point. Its states that this remnant, as viewed from earth, is some 60 ly across (ie, 30 ly radius). Given that this event was observed to have occured 1000 years ago, then one can tr...