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New Star Revealed From Palomar Supernova Discovery
An explosion in space produced a vastly bright star observed May 4 by Paul Wild, a 29 year old Swiss assistant, from Palomar Observatory. Spectrographic data place the event about 20 million light years away, with light taking roughly 20 million years to reach Earth. The star sits in spiral galaxy NGC.
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