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Originally Posted by erick
I read that:-
"Astronomers have been puzzled, however, by a shortage of young supernova remnants in our galaxy. Only half a dozen have been found, as opposed to the more than 30—roughly two a century—predicted to exist"
Are supernova (or remnants) detectable if they are well across the galaxy behind the galactic core? I have often wondered whether we are just not detecting them for that reason?
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Hi Erick,
clearly I'm no expert, but how could we detect anything over that side? Surely everything would be washed out by the light that is there, even though we don't see all of it - as discussed in this thread.
Cheers,
