WUWT- Somethings going on in the sky. In Orion, the red supergiant star known as Betelgeuse is looking faint, dropping rapidly in brightness since October and is now at ~1.3 to 1.5 magnitude. Normally it burns brightly, as seen in the upper left in the photo below, but it has now dipped so low in magnitude it is not even in the top 20 brightest stars in the night sky. MORE
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https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/12/26/is-betelgeuse-in-orion-about-to-explode-in-a-supernova/
Actually, if we’re seeing it now it went supernova over 600 years ago.
Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse.
We can’t predict tomorrows weather but we can predict a super nova?
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I always wanted to be an astronomer growing up but then I realized you have to be VERY VERY VERY VERY left brained so I opted to go to where my right brain led me. So far for me and where I’ve come from…not too shabby. 😉
…no worries, I’m sure if we give Al Gore money I’m sure he can stop it, just like he did global warming…
Somehow … this is TRUMP’s FAULT!
izlamo delenda est …
Jerry, same here! As soon as I realized I had to be good with math, I threw up my hands and said, “Rats”! I still am enamored with astronomy.
…they told us electing “Obama” made the seas recede.
…does that mean they will tell us electing Hillary will make the stars unexplode?
…although I would hope for SOL to go supernova under such circumstances, as THAT would mean evil has WON…
Obammas regime was Super Nova free
Let’s hope so
And hope that the cosmic rays will be intense enough
to wipe out all life in its path
And that N. Korea, China, Russia and Iran
take a direct hit.
Could lead to interesting times with the Ozone layer knocked off
Betelgeuse will go supernova.
Estimates range between any day now to 1.5 million years.
Betelgeuse is too far away to cause any harm to our system, but it will be spectacular to see in the night sky.
Our Sun will not go supernova; it lacks sufficient mass to do so. Instead, it will kill us in a slower, more agonizing way.
In a related story, democrats have introduced a bill to grant refugees from the Orion galaxy US citizenship and voting rights.
Wouldn’t this be old news? One website states the distance to Betelgeuse is 642.5 light years, another websites list the distance as approximately 430 light years. Either way it probably already happened.
I believe the proper pronunciation is Betel-guy-ice.
“The proper names of many bright stars are Arabic in origin. This fact reflects the dominance of Arabic astronomers and astrologers during Europe’s Dark Ages (? thanks to the Pope?). The name Betelgeuse apparently is derived from an Arabic phrase that is usually translated as The Armpit of the Giant.”
https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/betelgeuse-will-explode-someday#how .
I think it’s just transgendering.
Way to go Billy. Now it’s really going to happen.
Betelgeuse Is Dimmer Than We’ve Ever Seen It
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWGMXCzBzhM .
Ah, no worries, it may be a few hundred or a few thousand years before it goes supernova, and a few hundred years more before we see it. If it hasn’t already happened and we are just waiting for the light to arrive here. The light we see now only reveals the early transformation on the journey.
@ Lazlo The Elder
Unless a gamma ray burst from a nearby supernova blows away the entire atmosphere I not going to worry to much about the ozone layer. On the other hand having a gamma ray burst converting the majority of the oxygen to ozone on the side of the planet that faces it could be a problem.
If it goes supernova, I’m giving even odds CNN blames it on Trump.
“Boom! Boom! Out go the lights!” ~ Little Walter