Supernova in M51

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Ray Vingnutte - 30 Jul 2005 06:49 GMT

Note, I have a very good feeling that the 37 million miles figure in the
article is a little out!!

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/07/28_hubble.shtml

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Double-A - 30 Jul 2005 08:01 GMT

> Note, I have a very good feeling that the 37 million miles figure in the
> article is a little out!!
>
> http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/07/28_hubble.shtml

Yes, should be 37 million light years.

Double-A

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Ray Vingnutte - 30 Jul 2005 08:40 GMT

> > Note, I have a very good feeling that the 37 million miles figure in
> > the article is a little out!!
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> Double-A

I didn't notice it first time only reading a second time and thought
hold on.....

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Raving Loonie - 30 Jul 2005 08:56 GMT

> > > Note, I have a very good feeling that the 37 million miles figure in
> > > the article is a little out!!
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> I didn't notice it first time only reading a second time and thought
> hold on.....

Yep. ... begin to feel all warm and ' toasty ' in under 4 minutes
after THAT supernova blew!

RL

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G=EMC^2 Glazier - 30 Jul 2005 14:17 GMT

Hi Ray I'm laughing 37 million miles from us is a kind of mistake only I
could make. Reality is we would be dead in minutes if the explosion was
that close.Could they have left out light years? I have a picture of
it hanging in my office. It is entirely face on.and has huge spiral
arms. Bert

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Ray Vingnutte - 30 Jul 2005 14:42 GMT

> Hi Ray I'm laughing 37 million miles from us is a kind of mistake only
> I could make. Reality is we would be dead in minutes if the explosion
> was that close.Could they have left out light years? I have a
> picture of it hanging in my office. It is entirely face on.and has
> huge spiral arms. Bert

Yeah, they did a special of that for Hubble 15 years celebrations, the
image file is about 120 megabytes in size, awesome picture, probably the
best for detail thats ever been done.

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Supernova in M51