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• ... that the spiral galaxy NGC 5585 (pictured) has a supernova remnant that is more than 650 light-years across?

Created by Thingg (talk). Self nominated at 16:24, 22 March 2013 (UTC).

• Good to go. New enough (created 22 Mar 2013). Long enough (1,800 characters). Neutral, well sourced with no close paraphrasing issues, copyright violations or plagiarism. Image license is acceptable; shows moderately well at 100x100. Hook is hooky and supported by text and sources. QPQ not needed; no prior DYK noms by Thingg were found.

Small niggle about the last word in the original hook. The word across is imprecise, implying a round or spherical object. The SNR is an oblong shell, approx 200x90 parsecs (~650x300 ly). I leave to choice of hook to whomever promotes but I suggest a slightly longer but more descriptive hook:

• ALT1... that spiral galaxy NGC 5585 (pictured) contains a supernova remnant that is over 650 light-years long, 300 light-years wide and still expanding?

DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 00:50, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

• I definitely like the alternate hook better. Thanks for the suggestion. :) Thingg^⊕⊗ 21:15, 23 March 2013 (UTC)