The remnant of the nova of 1670 seen with modern instruments and created from a combination of visible-light images from the Gemini telescope (blue), a submillimetre map showing the dust from the SMA (yellow) and finally a map of the molecular emission from APEX and the SMA (red). Image credit: ESO/T. Kaminski 1 posted on
06/03/2015 3:14:10 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Solved: The Riddle of the Nova of 1670 No riddle, the Nova got it's doors blown off by a Road Runner running a 440 Hemi with a six pack.
2 posted on
06/03/2015 3:18:20 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: BenLurkin
Nova of 1970
3 posted on
06/03/2015 3:21:10 PM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: BenLurkin
Whatever. How many stars, or planets, or craters, or asteroids, or galaxies, are named after lesbian, gay, or bisexual astronomers, that’s what’s important.
4 posted on
06/03/2015 3:21:18 PM PDT by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: BenLurkin
12 posted on
06/03/2015 3:38:49 PM PDT by
Bodleian_Girl
(the chance of getting herpes from the homos at the MAc counter in Belk was just a bridge too far.)
To: BenLurkin
"And that, kids, is how they were never able to have an astronomical Nova thread on Free Republic without it getting hijacked into an automotive discussion."
"Grandpa?"
"Yes, Chet?"
"What's a Nova car?"
22 posted on
06/03/2015 4:15:44 PM PDT by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
Red Nova.................
38 posted on
06/04/2015 12:58:19 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
Off the top of my head I would think stars colliding would be very rare given the vastness of space. But then, given the vastness of the Milky Way, I suppose the odds increase.
It would be way cool to see one of these, but I doubt I have that many years left.
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