Specialized Resource (Document): Distance to the Crab Nebula
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Within this use case you learn about supernovae, exploding or exploded stars. In particular you will use information on the Crab Nebula (the 1054 aD supernova registered by Chinese astronomers) to derive its distance: an example of how some very important information may be gained from very simple arguments and geometry.
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Publisher: The GAVO DC team
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This resource was registered on: 2014 Feb 06 13:23:00ZThis resource description was last updated on: 2024 Dec 27 08:31:03Z
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Developed with the support of the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement AST0122449 with the Johns Hopkins University The NAVO project is a member of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance
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