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Explanation:
About 11,000 years ago a star in the constellation of
Vela exploded.
This bright
supernova
may have been visible to the
first human farmers. Today the
Vela supernova
remnant marks the position of a relatively close and
recent explosion in
our Galaxy.
A roughly
spherical, expanding shock wave
is visible in X-rays. In the
above optical photograph, the upper left
corner of the spherical blast wave is shown in detail. As
gas flies away from the detonated star, it reacts with the
interstellar medium, knocking away closely held
electrons from even
heavy elements. When the
electrons recombine with these atoms, light in
many different colors and
energy bands is produced.
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Vela - supernova remnant - ostatok Sverhnovoi - opticheskii diapazon - Sverhnovye
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