Cassiopeia A

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4670. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Interstellar Medium, Interstellar Medium Objects

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The brightest radio source in the constellation of Cassiopeia and the brightest cosmic radio source in the entire sky. It is a supernova remnant, an expanding cloud of gas that was ejected in a catastrophic stellar explosion. From the present size and rate of expansion of the cloud, the explosion that created it must have occurred around the year 1660. Cassiopeia A lies at a distance of about 10 ...

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