Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 29, 2023 0:38:53 GMT
Been reading that astronomers have been seeing changes in Betelgeuse, the star in Orion's shoulder. It will go supernova someday and might have done already. Betelgeuse is 640 light years away, so if it went boom 639 years ago, we would still have to wait another year. When it does, it will be spectacular. Already the 10th brightest star in the night sky, it will, in the course of a day or two, become the 2nd brightest object in the sky, period. Brighter that the full moon (but won't throw as much light), it should be visible in daylight. Yet far enough away to not have it's prodigious radiation pose a problem. There hasn't been a visible supernova since 1604. Contrary to popular belief, i wasn't around for that one. I'm already looking forward to the total eclipse next April which I won;t have to move an inch to see (it'll be the rainiest day in 100 years here, no doubt)