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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: StarDate: October 10 Kepler's Star
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 07:22:43 EDT
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>But when Kepler looked himself, he did see a strange thing in Ophiuchus
>-- a conspicuous new star!  That star is now known as Kepler's star
>because he continued to study it until it faded from view several
>months later.  It's thought that Kepler's star was a supernova, an
>outburst of light that signals a cataclysmic stellar explosion.
>Although supernovae are predicted to be common in our galaxy, only a
>handful have been seen in recorded history.  The last one in the Milky
>Way was Kepler's star, nearly four centuries ago.

I thought that there wereradio sitings of supernovae in our galaxy, but
because they weren't near enough to earth, they couldn't be seen.
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

I'll keep an eye on the old man, he seems to have a knack for getting
himself into trouble!

-who said it, what story?