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To: Red Badger

The light having arrived more than 450 years ago means that the actual explosion happened hundreds, thousands or even millions of years before that, depending on the star’s distance from Earth.


6 posted on 03/01/2023 6:07:59 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed
> the actual explosion happened hundreds, thousands or even millions of years before that, depending on the star’s distance from Earth.

8000-9000 light-years away.

7 posted on 03/01/2023 6:11:34 AM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: JimRed
Correct. As stated, this star exploded "more than 450 years ago". Evidently...a LOT more.

It is in the constellation Cassiopeia and is roughly between 8,000 light years and 9,800 light years from Earth.

Thus, the event took place about 9000 years ago.

10 posted on 03/01/2023 6:14:32 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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