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Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 01:03:11 2020 No.11346907 View Reply Original Report

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Hi /sci/, /pol/lack here.

Earlier today on /pol/ there was a (((happening))) thread about Betelgeuse blowing up.

Is it legit happening?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 01:04:56 No.11346911 Report

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>>11346907
Probably not, but it’s a likelihood within geological timescales.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 05:29:58 No.11347409 Report

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It could happen at any time ... In the next 100,000 years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 05:30:52 No.11347412 Report

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damn /pol/ is full of such retarded nigger monkeys holy shit

Garfield

Garfield Fri 31 Jan 2020 05:47:06 No.11347447 Report

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>>11346907
>Is it legit happening?
The only thing I know for sure is that it's down to 37% of its normal luminosity.

https://twitter.com/betelbot/status/1222963256496730119

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 05:48:25 No.11347452 Report

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>>11346907
I can't offer any observations. It's been cloudy/rainy here for literally a month.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 05:49:18 No.11347454 Report

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>>11346907
1) we don't know when it will happen but it could be anytime
2) it won't harm humans, it will be harmless
3) it will probably be visible in the daytime sky and bright enough to cast visible shadows at night

tl;dr: cool but harmless

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Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 09:11:47 No.11347762 Report

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>>11346907
lets say tomorrow we will see its gone supernova
and?
pll have no idea how far away stars are, (probably because eyes see stars on the night sky see them as a large not very bright objects instead of tiny violently bright spots)

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 09:13:20 No.11347764 Report

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>>11347762
Gamma ray burst

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 Jan 2020 09:18:22 No.11347767 Report

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How long does it take a star to collapse once it started dimming? I bet it could take thousands of years.

But yeah it would be pretty cool

Garfield

Garfield Fri 31 Jan 2020 09:23:20 No.11347776 Report

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Betelgeuse is at 1.6 magnitude. Its historic low is 1.8, which it reached in 1985. Its luminosity needs to drop lower still for this to really be a big deal.

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