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Optical Emission from Supernova Remnants

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Several Galactic supernova remnants were known to astronomers as optical nebulae, long before the concept of supernovae and supernova remnants were introduced. The most famous among these nebulae were the Veil Nebula, a part of the Cygnus Loop, the Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443), and the Crab Nebula.

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Vink, J. (2020). Optical Emission from Supernova Remnants. In: Physics and Evolution of Supernova Remnants. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55231-2_8

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