What happens to the material not involved in the core collapse of a supernova?

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What happens to the material not involved in the core collapse of a supernova? This would be the outer portion of a star or any cloud that surrounds the star. All material to infinity or does some material remain close -- gravitationally close that might collapse if it could. thanks
 
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MarkL said:
Summary:: Supernovas

What happens to the material not involved in the core collapse of a supernova? This would be the outer portion of a star or any cloud that surrounds the star. All material to infinity or does some material remain close -- gravitationally close that might collapse if it could. thanks

Have you looked at supernova remnants on the net ? there's lots of them

Here's a couple of random examples
M1 - Crab Nebula in Taurus
The Crab Nebula is around 10 lightyears across and continues to expand at around 4.8 million km/h

Crab-Nebula-M1.jpg


N1006

SN-1006.jpg
 
davenn said:
Have you looked at supernova remnants on the net ? there's lots of them

Here's a couple of random examples
M1 - Crab Nebula in Taurus
The Crab Nebula is around 10 lightyears across and continues to expand at around 4.8 million km/h

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N1006

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