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Kepler's Supernova

(SN 1604)
(Type Ia supernova observed in 1604 by Johannes Kepler)

Kepler's Supernova (SN 1604) was a supernova observed by Johannes Kepler in the year 1604, the most recent confirmed supernova in the Milky Way visible without a telescope, which was visible during the day for over three weeks. It has been determined to be a Type Ia supernova and the supernova remnant (Kepler SNR) is much studied.

(supernova,event,transient)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_Supernova
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=sn1604
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017hsn..book..139V/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...756....6P/abstract
https://cxc.harvard.edu/symposium_2007/proceedings/talks//021_Reynolds.pdf
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-kepler-supernova-explosion-survivors-left.html
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow/archive/nebulae/keplersnr_chandra.html
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30970
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/keplers-supernova-remnant-debris-from-stellar-explosion-not-slowed-after-400-years/
https://esahubble.org/images/opo0429c/
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
~010kpc20.0klyKepler's Supernova
Coordinates:Kepler's Supernova
J173042-212900

Referenced by pages:
Cassiopeia A
supernova designator
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