This would be amazing to see in my lifetime. I have a 10 inch telescope I use to mostly look at the planets, but this would be big/bright enough to see clearly with it
From what I read it would be as bright/slightly brighter than a full moon for a few months. I would have to use my moon filter to not be blinded by looking in the telescope
Hmm that's neat, from the article “We conclude that Betelgeuse is in the late stage of core carbon burning, and a good candidate for the next Galactic supernova,”