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Anatomy of a Supernova. / Stephen M. Maurer and D. Andrew Howell.

by Maurer, Stephen M; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 60Science. Publisher: Sky & Telescope, 2002ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronomers | Astronomy -- Observations | Astronomy -- Research | Cosmological distances | Red giants | Stars -- Age | Stars -- Luminosity function | Supernovae | White dwarfsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Astronomers use Type Ia supernovae as cosmic yardsticks. But what causes these stellar cataclysms in the first place?" (SKY & TELESCOPE) This article explains how supernovae form and examines how astronomers use them to measure distances.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.

Originally Published: Anatomy of a Supernova, Nov. 2002; pp. 28-35.

"Astronomers use Type Ia supernovae as cosmic yardsticks. But what causes these stellar cataclysms in the first place?" (SKY & TELESCOPE) This article explains how supernovae form and examines how astronomers use them to measure distances.

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