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Offline Snail

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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
And then we have the time lag caused by the distances traveled by the light.

 

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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
Well, the crab nebula supernova was visible in daylight (the "guest star" in ancient chinese records).  How far away was that?
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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
Only about 7 light years IIRC.

 

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Really?  Huh.  I thought it was farther.
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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
No, wait, it's 6 THOUSAND light years. My mistake.

 

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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
I think if a star four light years away, like Alpha Centuari (closest star) went supernova, I think it would almost instantly create a nebula that would cover a good portion of the sky.... Delayed by four years of course.

I'm assuming a 1987A type explosion.
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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
No, wait, it's 6 THOUSAND light years. My mistake.
Truth or Sarcasm?
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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
No, wait, it's 6 THOUSAND light years. My mistake.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_nebula

Truth.

He probly read ly (lightyears) instead of kly (kilo-lightyears).
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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
Yea, if it was 6 we definitely would know it by heart..

  

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Re: Would there be nebula's in Capella?
Well, the RADIUS of the crab nebula is 6 ly, so if we were 6 light years from it, we'd be partially inside it (or it'd cover a good portion of the sky).
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