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To: ClearCase_guy

Megastars burn through their fuel at a very rapid rate. For a Blue Giant star you are talking about only a few million years before it supernovas.


5 posted on 10/29/2009 8:15:24 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
Megastars burn through their fuel at a very rapid rate. For a Blue Giant star you are talking about only a few million years before it supernovas.

Speaking of supernova, I shot this supernova remnant last week. It was a series of 16x150 second exposures, calibrated, aligned and stacked.

This supernova exploded about 7000 years ago, and is about 2,000 light-years distance from earth.

Veil Nebula NGC 6992


16 posted on 10/29/2009 9:26:39 AM PDT by dragnet2
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