ASTRONOMY PICTURE

OF THE DAY

APRIL 30, 2011

Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

EXPLANATION

Tycho! Tycho! burning bright
In the darkness of the night,
What exploding white dwarf star
Did frame thy remnant from afar,

In the distant deep dark skies
Under gaze of human eyes?
Seen by mortals and their ma
Named for one called Tycho Brahe.

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