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Ophiuchus
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Ophiuchus Constellation
twenty thousand light years far
is a Kepler’s Star sensation
unlike others, not bizarre,
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recently observed by many
with unaided naked eye,
more completely seen than any
others in the Milky sky,
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witnessed four hundred years ago
through Johannes Kepler’s view
in a vast supernova show
greater than sky watchers knew
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at the time of first retrieving
these collected stars above.
Oh what marvels we’re perceiving
in the wondrous skies thereof!
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~ Harley White
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NASA’s three Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory -- joined forces to probe the expanding remains of a supernova. Now known as Kepler’s supernova remnant, this object was first seen 400 years ago by sky watchers, including famous astronomer Johannes Kepler.
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SN 1604
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Distance: 20,000 light years
RA: 17h 30m 42s
Dec: −21° 29′
SN 1604, also known as Kepler’s Supernova, Kepler’s Nova or Kepler’s Star, was a Type Ia supernova that occurred in the Milky Way, in the constellation Ophiuchus.
Appearing in 1604, it is the most recent supernova in the Milky Way galaxy to have been unquestionably observed by the naked eye.
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Credit: NASA/ESA/JHU/R.Sankrit & W.Blair
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