A white dwarf supernova event is very important to calibrating Hubble's Law. Why? Choose the best answer for the question.
A) It is a very luminous standard candle.
B) It is a very rare event.
C) The white dwarf supernova in a galaxy tells us how fast a galaxy is expanding away from us.
D) It can only happen to white dwarfs.
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