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M Holmes  wrote:

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A very young (140 years old, ish) supernova remnant.

<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/main/index.html>

Jim
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Jim  wrote:

> M Holmes  wrote:
> 
> > http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/may/HQ_M08089_Chandra_Advisory.html
> 
> A very young (140 years old, ish) supernova remnant.
> 
> <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/main/index.html>

Sorry, that was slightly lacking - it's the youngest known in our
galaxy.

The picture is lovely.

Jim
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I'm not sure why they're so surprised.

From what I've seen, read, etc., most of the observations for a long while 
have been looking OUT of our galaxy, since we're located a good ways from 
the centre of our Milky Way galaxy.  ...they found an incredible amount of 
stuff!

The telescopes were built on sites that were convenient to do exactly that.

There are a few recent projects, the biggest now being the Very Large 
Telescope (VLT) that are now capable of looking into the galaxy, because 
it's located in South America.
That is also a problem, if you consider looking into a forest when you're in 
the forest. (trees in the way)
The new space telescope will also look using infrared light, which can cut 
through dust and dirt that blocks light our eyes are sensitive to.

There is just so much out there to look at...
They really should keep the Hubble going.  It's the only tool available for 
the job.

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