Betelgeuse is Almost 50% Brighter Than Normal. What's Going On?
Betelgeuse is Almost 50% Brighter Than Normal. What's Going On?
Betelgeuse will explode as a supernova and Orion will never be the same. That much is certain. But when will it explode?
What fascinates me about these things is, if it is "about" to go supernova, then it already has, hundreds of years ago. We just haven't seen it yet.
It is exciting that in this case "soon" could mean tens of years instead of hundreds of thousands.
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
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,”
That would be wild to witness a supernova.
It would be crazy cool to see it go supernova, safe from most of the harmful effects and bright enough to light the way at night.
If it's bright enough to light the way at night, isn't it also close enough to cause significant harm?
no, I think it would only be potentially harmful if its poles were pointed directly at us and we were blasted with gamma ray bursts