Re: Fixing supernovae

John Clark (jonkc@worldnet.att.net)
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:31:09 -0400

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Michael S. Lorrey <mike@lorrey.com> Wrote:

>>Me: I wouldn't want to be closer than 100 million light years to a gamma ray burst,

>Considering that our galaxy is only 100,000 light years across, and Andromeda Galaxy is only
>2 million light years away, your 100 million LY is a bit of a stretch.

True, I meant to say I wouldn't want to be closer than 100 thousand light years. I just looked it up, Eta Carinae is 10 thousand light years away, that's no problem if it's a super nova or even a hyper nova but way too close if it's a gamma ray burster.

John K Clark jonkc@att.net

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