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In reply to the discussion: Is Betelgeuse, one of the sky's brightest stars, on the brink of a supernova? [View all]essme
(1,207 posts)67. Since it was said three times (then more) then yes, it will. nt
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Is Betelgeuse, one of the sky's brightest stars, on the brink of a supernova? [View all]
Zorro
Dec 2019
OP
Normally +0.5 magnitude, it is now +1.5 magnitude (the more positive the mag, the dimmer it is)
progree
Dec 2019
#2
And modern scientist were lucky enough to witness the tiny speck in time that
Blue_true
Dec 2019
#54
Yeah, me, too, although I only wrote for that magazine for a couple of years.
MineralMan
Dec 2019
#19
PC World...Hmmm, I rec'd that magazine for years being in the RBOC (also Wired, others), ahhh, ...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#26
If Betelgeuse blows, it would be bright enough to be visible during the day.
backscatter712
Dec 2019
#32
Lol, mine gave me a bike that dad intended to fix up. It was purple (still my favorite color).
cwydro
Dec 2019
#48
It will be brighter than the full moon for a few weeks and visible in the daytime sky.
hunter
Dec 2019
#25
Being that it started (relatively speaking here of course) getting dimmer, is the Helium being ...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#28
Maybe - we've only been measuring its brightness for a short time astronomically speaking.
backscatter712
Dec 2019
#35
Neat! At least we are far enough away and somewhat have a front row seat to when it ...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#40
You make sound like its going to irradiate the surface of the earth like something fierce...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#66
Even if it has fused to Iron, it is many millions of years away from becoming a supernova. nt
Blue_true
Dec 2019
#60
What's fun is visualizing the core collapse, then surrounding layers collapsing a split-second later
backscatter712
Dec 2019
#87
I am a Warm Deist, so by definition I don't believe that we are alone in the vastness of space.
Blue_true
Dec 2019
#64
It's just too bad that a time frame of "extremely imminent" on the galactic scale
blugbox
Dec 2019
#86