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Old 12-04-2008, 01:41 PM
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Nova, not supernova more likely

Hi All,

Before anyone gets toooooo excited by the the word supernova, this is very unlikely to be a supernova event, almost certainly a plain old nova and is not likely to brighten much more than its present magnitude of 7.8. The use of the word supernova in the Universe today release is not warranted.

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Les D
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