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February 18th 05, 09:48 PM

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sag. magnetar emits 10^40 watts

50k l.y. away. Brightest explosion in recorded history. 12/27/04. Seen
by NASA and ESA satellites and ground observatories. At 10k l.y. would
have cooked Earth environment with gamma radiation:
http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/02...-magnetar.html

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