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Betelgeuse is about to blow up! | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44685408  Canada11/17/2013 02:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 46805758  United States11/17/2013 02:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Are you serious? A star will not change colors to show you it's going Supernova. Your atmosphere probably was really unstable. You realize it it went supernova you won't see it in your lifetime, correct? Quoting: #Geomagnetic_Storm# To be fair, it may have already gone supernova. It almost certainly hasn't though. that's right: we won't get the "information" until 600 years after the fact. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 22437810 United States11/17/2013 04:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If we see it go supernova, it means it actually went supernova 600 years ago.. That's pretty simple to understand right? Quoting: RandomS well, if you understand that light only travels at 186,000 miles per second, yes, that particular "information" will take 600 years to get to Earth. (yes folks, even just 600 light years is very far far away, indeed :) |
BadMoonRisen  User ID: 42411020  United Kingdom11/17/2013 04:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So, if BG went Supernova in 1413, we would only be aware of it now - correct? How is that comforting? Knowing that once we see the event, we're pretty much fucked? Or have I got it wrong? If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. [link to www.inmomsbasement.com] The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 22437810 United States11/17/2013 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So, if BG went Supernova in 1413, we would only be aware of it now - correct? Quoting: BadMoonRisen How is that comforting? Knowing that once we see the event, we're pretty much fucked? Or have I got it wrong? nope. yer right spot-on. where the marvels of the Universe are concerned, we'll never see it coming... |
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| #Geomagnetic_Storm# User ID: 49940984 United States11/17/2013 06:43 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is that the star I've watched grow for the last few years? It blinks wildly and appears to be growing bigger? I have zero astronomy knowledge, even at the most rudimentary of levels, so I have no clue in what direction it is located in the sky, what constellations it is near, or any of that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 49588320 You are looking at Sirius. The brightest star in the night sky. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 50124630  Portugal11/17/2013 07:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Betelgeuse is 600 light years from Earth. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46805758 that means that when we see its Super-Nova explosion occur, that means that it actually happened 600 years ago, and we are just now seeing it (because that's how long it took the light from the explosion to reach earth.) (note: it take sun light 8 minutes to reach Earth, at only 93,000,000 miles away) Yes you are correct. If Betelgeuse went supernova it happened 600 years ago and we are about to witness it today. Also, 600 years ago was BLACK DEATH in Europe, which would have happened at the exact time Betelguese went supernova. -EAT  |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 50122646 Canada11/17/2013 07:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Is that the star I've watched grow for the last few years? It blinks wildly and appears to be growing bigger? I have zero astronomy knowledge, even at the most rudimentary of levels, so I have no clue in what direction it is located in the sky, what constellations it is near, or any of that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 49588320 Download stellarium it's free and great. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 49403972 United States11/17/2013 08:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just got back from my time travel episode and we should be good to go. I ended up making it to 2700 to give myself some room for error. I was able to verify that Betelgeuse was still active. I tried to take a photo but my camera did not work due to the battery being dead for nearly 700 years. :( |
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| A r c t u r u s User ID: 50114423  Germany11/18/2013 10:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Betelgeuse is 600 light years from Earth. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46805758 that means that when we see its Super-Nova explosion occur, that means that it actually happened 600 years ago, and we are just now seeing it (because that's how long it took the light from the explosion to reach earth.) (note: it take sun light 8 minutes to reach Earth, at only 93,000,000 miles away) Yes you are correct. If Betelgeuse went supernova it happened 600 years ago and we are about to witness it today. Also, 600 years ago was BLACK DEATH in Europe, which would have happened at the exact time Betelguese went supernova. -EAT Bump this pin.  There will come a time when you believe everything ends. This will be the beginning [Louis L'Amour] ~ A r c t u r u s |
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