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Article: <[email protected]>
From: [email protected](Nancy)
Subject: Re: Nancy and DejaNews
Date: 2 Apr 1997 14:46:34 GMT
In article: <[email protected]> David Tholen writes:
>> Of course the 1995 nova isn't there anymore! Most novas
>> fade in weeks!
>> [email protected]
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> They fade from their peak brightness in weeks, but remain
> visible through telescopes for a longer time. The larger the
> telescope, the longer the nova can be detected. Go look, Nancy;
> you won't find any trace of a nova there.
> [email protected] (Dave Tholen)
Right, which means that a distant nova ONLY visible by the major observatories in the first place WOULD NOT be visible to any but the major observatories now. So the proof that it was a nova is in the hands of those who perp'd the distraction in the first place. :-)