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		thedjpetersen on Sept 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to See a Supernova This Weekend From Your Back... Visually will the explosion appear any different than looking at a star with the naked eye?

hvasishth on Sept 3, 2011 [–]

At the moment, not really. In several hundred years it might become a nebula when it will look very different with a telescope. For example look up crab nebula.

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