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by ajg_oz
Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:42 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula (2013 Mar 21)
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Re: APOD: NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula (2013 Mar 21)

By my rough calculations the Vela remnant will sweep past the solar system in 25-30 thousand years (very rough cals). What will happen to the sun during this event? Perhaps nothing - the gases will be too thin by then. Small change in it's output - only measureable by its spectral change. Something ...