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New supernova thrills astronomers and skywatchers around the world
www.space.com ^ | MAY 25, 2023 | By Elizabeth Howell

Posted on 05/25/2023 11:55:32 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 05/25/2023 11:55:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv; SuperLuminal

New Supernova?.............I thought all supernovas were ‘new’....................


2 posted on 05/25/2023 11:56:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

But is it a Champagne Supernova.


3 posted on 05/25/2023 11:56:48 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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What’s the difference between a ‘nova’ and a ‘supernova’?

If you are in the near vicinity, not much..................


4 posted on 05/25/2023 12:02:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

and by new they mean 21 million years old.


5 posted on 05/25/2023 12:03:25 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Red Badger

“What’s the difference between a ‘nova’ and a ‘supernova’?”

Nova - 6cyl
SuperNova - 327 V8


6 posted on 05/25/2023 12:12:44 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Carriage Hill

Well, if you get hit by either one you’re still dead as a doorknob!..................


7 posted on 05/25/2023 12:14:01 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Cool photo!


8 posted on 05/25/2023 12:21:40 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Red Badger

Having worked in the industry -
just how many light years was this?
Even the warmth you feel on your skin
is a million years old.
Take a few physics classes and hang with the
worlds most prominent astro-physicists
for a few years and you learn stuff.


9 posted on 05/25/2023 12:33:13 PM PDT by rellic
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To: rellic

Every atom in my body is several billion years old.......................


10 posted on 05/25/2023 12:36:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

One of my sons and I are planning to go out tonight to photograph it.


11 posted on 05/25/2023 12:46:15 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Donald Tantrum? No Thank You. We Can Do Better!)
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To: dfwgator

No. But this is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryI


12 posted on 05/25/2023 12:46:54 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: Red Badger

Dang fireflies... Always a problem...


13 posted on 05/25/2023 1:41:36 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Red Badger

Too bad about the civilizations nearby that supernova.
They will know their end is coming that will bath the whole planet by lethal radiation.
The starships they were capable of building will not be completed as the local politicians were to short sighted to continue to fund it....


14 posted on 05/25/2023 8:54:03 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Red Badger; 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
Thanks Red Badger.
Messier Object 101... if you thought it was Messier before, it's even Messier now...
Why yes, I have used that one at least a hundred times.


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15 posted on 05/26/2023 7:19:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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Not 101 times?.................


16 posted on 05/26/2023 7:31:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

[singing] a silly millimeter longer, 101...


17 posted on 05/26/2023 8:46:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Red Badger

In 1987 in the Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, a supernova occured. It was close enough that neutrinos from the explosion were detected. Because this new one is about 5000 times as far away I doubt any neutrinos were detected .


18 posted on 05/26/2023 8:46:36 AM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
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They will arrive in a few hundred years............They are slow.................


19 posted on 05/26/2023 8:48:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: minnesota_bound
...Too bad about the civilizations nearby that supernova.

The stars that blow up like this tend to die very young. Not enough time for life to evolve for any planets in orbit.

20 posted on 05/26/2023 8:52:49 AM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
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