August 29, 2006: Cassiopeia A supernova by Hubble

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August 29, 2006: Cassiopeia A supernova by Hubble

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08-29-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

I'm sure other people noticed this but I'll point it out just to be on record. If it's ~10,000 light years from us then the supernova occured 10,300 years ago, we only got the update recently.

Good point, did it happen 300 years ago, or 10,300 years ago?

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