August 29, 2006: Cassiopeia A supernova by Hubble - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 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?

Beestie · 08-29-2006, 06:59 PM

So when does the shock wave hit? I'm not letting go of this tree till then. Except to go to the bathroom.

JayMcGee · 08-29-2006, 07:20 PM

9th is almost right.
we saw the light 300 years ago..... and it's 10,000 light years away...

so the biggish bang was 9,700 years ago.

Clodfobble · 08-29-2006, 08:05 PM

You have that backwards, Jay. The picture above is how it looks now to us, i.e. the image is 10,000 years old. When the explosion itself was 10,000 years old, it was sometime in the 1700s for us. So the explosion (which we have no picture of, but if we did) happened roughly 10,300 years ago.

footfootfoot · 08-29-2006, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

So when does the shock wave hit? I'm not letting go of this tree till then. Except to go to the bathroom.

You are fucking hilarious. I'm going to glean a beestie beastiary and find a publisher.

footfootfoot · 08-29-2006, 08:52 PM

how soon is now?

footfootfoot · 08-29-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I'm thinking it was the crayon check off note. Either way great pic even if it doesn't seem food related at all.

Sweet! You read my mind three and a quarter hours before I had the thought.

08-30-2006, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Wallpapers, right-click and save in your desired format:

Cas A 1024x768 jpg

Cas A 1280x960 jpg

Cas A 1280x1024 jpg

Cas A 1600x1200 jpg

glatt, I do laugh at all my own jokes.

That was very kind of you... thanks ever so much!

capnhowdy · 08-30-2006, 06:25 PM

Did 'THEY' delete Pluto off this image as well? I don't see him anywhere. And I liked Pluto.
The wallpaper is super. Thanks, UT. I have Star Wars theme on my other computer. Goes well.

08-29-2006, 06:59 PM	#17
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	So when does the shock wave hit? I'm not letting go of this tree till then. Except to go to the bathroom. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

08-29-2006, 07:20 PM	#18
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	9th is almost right. we saw the light 300 years ago..... and it's 10,000 light years away... so the biggish bang was 9,700 years ago. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

08-29-2006, 08:52 PM	#21
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	how soon is now? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-30-2006, 06:25 PM	#24
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Did 'THEY' delete Pluto off this image as well? I don't see him anywhere. And I liked Pluto. The wallpaper is super. Thanks, UT. I have Star Wars theme on my other computer. Goes well. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-29-2006, 08:05 PM	#19
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You have that backwards, Jay. The picture above is how it looks now to us, i.e. the image is 10,000 years old. When the explosion itself was 10,000 years old, it was sometime in the 1700s for us. So the explosion (which we have no picture of, but if we did) happened roughly 10,300 years ago.

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