An international team of astronomers using Gemini North’s GNIRS instrument have discovered that CK Vulpeculae, first seen as a bright new star in 1670, is approximately five times farther away than previously thought. This makes the 1670 explosion of CK Vulpeculae much more energetic than previously estimated and puts it into a mysterious class of objects that are too bright to be members of the well-understood type of explosions known as novae, but too faint to be supernovae.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2029/
Kind regards,
NOIRLab Information Center
Nov. 24, 2020
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24 Nov. 2020 - ann20018
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Project & Science News
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