by varmais on 2/25/15, 7:16 AM with 50 comments
by adwn on 2/25/15, 10:59 AM
by d_theorist on 2/25/15, 1:56 PM
A good point, although it is fairly rare to see the sun in the night sky these days.
by Starwatcher2001 on 2/25/15, 11:03 AM
I remember observing this from my back garden some 10 years ago with a small telescope, but that's quite difficult now due to light polution. It's getting hard for people to see stars in many big cities, let alone fainter objects.
by astletron on 2/25/15, 10:18 AM
This will last maybe a couple of weeks, but we don't expect it for 100K years.
by nsxwolf on 2/25/15, 2:31 PM
by amoruso on 2/25/15, 2:22 PM
Life (Briefly) Near a Supernova:
http://www.nagt.org/files/nagt/jge/abstracts/Dutch_v53n1.pdf
by dghf on 2/25/15, 12:32 PM
by kijin on 2/25/15, 12:30 PM
The wikipedia article on near-Earth supernovae [1] suggests that Betelgeuse will be pretty safe because of its distance. But exactly how safe? What about all the delicate electronics that we've sent up to space? I suppose anything that can withstand a daily dose of solar radiation would probably be okay, but are there any specific wavelengths that could cause an issue?
by TazeTSchnitzel on 2/25/15, 5:56 PM
by shrikrishna on 2/25/15, 3:23 PM
by mkramlich on 2/25/15, 8:14 PM
I chose Betelgeuse partly as a nod to HHGG and partly for the way it read and sounded when pronounced aloud. I think of all the star names it is possibly the most beautiful and memorable.
by robinhoodexe on 2/25/15, 10:43 AM
by cgtyoder on 2/25/15, 5:41 PM
Total click bait title.