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Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 16:43:06 2021 No.13758144 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13758175

>Betelgeuse
>One of the easiest stars to see in the sky
>Been studied for centuries
>Still no idea how far away it is
>Huge uncertainties in measurements
Why are astrono-nerds like this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 16:52:17 No.13758175 Report

Quoted By: >>13758185

>>13758144
Its 642.5 light years away.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 16:54:57 No.13758185 Report

Quoted By: >>13758210 >>13758231

>>13758175
Bing says it's 724 ly

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:01:52 No.13758210 Report

Quoted By: >>13758231

>>13758185

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:05:56 No.13758231 Report

Quoted By: >>13758239

>>13758210
English wikikepedia says 548 ly (-49 to +90)
Russian wikikepedia says 548 ly (-49 to +88)
French wikikepedia says 643 ly
German wikikepedia says 550 ly
Spanish wikikepedia says 643 ly (±146)
Italian wikikepedia says 500-630 ly
Portuguese wikikepedia says 720 ly (± 130)
Dutch wikikepedia says exactly 723.18 ly

You're on /sci/ but you can't even cross reference the lowest public source available, amazing.

>>13758185
Bing is glowing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:08:58 No.13758239 Report

Quoted By: >>13758249

>>13758231
>Wikipedia
So the vast majority of countries wikis agree that the distance is around 642.5 light years away plus or minus some.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:12:01 No.13758249 Report

Quoted By: >>13758268

>>13758239
The thread was about
">Still no idea how far away it is
>Huge uncertainties in measurements"
The point was proven

>So the vast majority of countries wikis agree
They don't, that's why you're given exact measurements such as 642.53 or 723.18 or various ranges.
>the distance is around 642.5 light years away plus or minus some.
642.5 plus or minus 150 light years, quite an accurate estimation amirite?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:12:59 No.13758251 Report

Quoted By: >>13758307

It matters!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:18:35 No.13758268 Report

Quoted By: >>13758280 >>13758281

>>13758249
>we can't pinpoint the exact distance of something more then 5 quadrillion miles away
>lulz scientists so dumb
OP, you are genuinely retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:20:44 No.13758280 Report

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>>13758268
Not OP but
>"we don't know the exact distance"
>"YES WE DO, GOOGLE SAYS SO"
>"no we don't, check the various sources"
>h..hu.h....RETARD!!
??

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:20:48 No.13758281 Report

Quoted By: >>13758428

>>13758268
There's about a 20% margin of error for something you can easily see with your naked eye. That is unacceptable to me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:21:01 No.13758282 Report

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There's no way dark matter is just asstroonomers being retarded right? I mean the black, asian, and other science guys seem pretty sure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 17:29:09 No.13758307 Report

Quoted By:

>>13758251
this
who cares

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Oct 2021 18:02:52 No.13758428 Report

Quoted By:

>>13758281
>That is unacceptable to me
Then go become an astronomer and fix it yourself. Surely if it's so easy, you should be able to solve it pretty quickly, eh?
"Go try it yourself" isn't usually a good rebuttal, but I think it works in a situation where you clearly know nothing about even the basics of the field. It's easy to be critical if you don't know shit.

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