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by isomeme
Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:09 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula (2018 Apr 08)
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Re: APOD: NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula (2018 Apr 08)

Ah, never mind, a thinko on my part. What this implies is that the supernova happened roughly 11,400 years ago -- 1,400 years for the light to reach Earth, and 10,000 years since then. Sorry.