The Mystery of the North Star: Astronomers baffled to find Polaris is getting BRIGHTER

Daily Mail ^ | UPDATED: 16:18 EST, 5 February 2014 | MARK PRIGG

[SunkenCiv]

Team found that Polaris is 2.5 times brighter today than in 137CE... 'If they are real, these changes are 100 times larger than predicted by current theories of stellar evolution,' says Villanova astronomer Edward Guinan. The team's data also hint that the star's cyclic 4-day variation in brightness, although still weak, is once again growing more robust--but no one knows what's driving these flutterings or how long they will last. Engle and his team began to research the star around the beginning of 2000, when they found that the dropping brightness was on the rise again.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks again to AppleGateRanch and null and void, this is a four-list pingworthy topic.

Team found that Polaris is 2.5 times brighter today than in 137CE... 'If they are real, these changes are 100 times larger than predicted by current theories of stellar evolution,' says Villanova astronomer Edward Guinan. The team's data also hint that the star's cyclic 4-day variation in brightness, although still weak, is once again growing more robust--but no one knows what's driving these flutterings or how long they will last. Engle and his team began to research the star around the beginning of 2000, when they found that the dropping brightness was on the rise again.

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[TMSuchman]

Did they ask Dr. Who.....

[1010RD]

Is it coming this way?

[1010RD]

You could ruin their day by referring to it as the Christian Era.

[Bigg Red]

But, when you see “CE”, just say “Christian era”.

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That’s what I always say.

[Bigg Red]

aybe it’s ythological....

[21twelve]

“Or it’s getting closer.... OMG.... Bush is going to use the North Star to kill us all!!!”

All of this talk about the Dea - I mean the North Star is stupid. There is nothing to be afraid of.

[KoRn]

Could be anything. A few hundred years ago, a thin dust cloud could have moved between it, and where we would eventually be.

[dfwgator]

Astronomers baffled to find Polaris is getting BRIGHTER

"..and Leon's getting laarger."

[1010RD]

How lucky are we to even have a North Star?

[Berosus]

I heard CE once defined as “Common Error!”

[Berosus]

From the scene they cut out of “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”:

1st Shepherd: “Is it A.D. yet?”
2nd Shepherd: “A quarter past . . .”

[Berosus]

How lucky are we to even have a North Star?

Well the South Star, Sigma Octantis, is so dim that nobody pays attention to it.

[Don W]

Question from the ignorant here: what does CE stand for?

CE (Common Era) is another way the secularists continue to attempt denial of the significance of the impact Jesus had on our cultures by his birth.

They use "CE" and "BCE" (Before Common Era) instead of "BC" and "AD" as a form of rebellion against established precedent, in order to look good to each other.

I quit caring and CONSCIOUSLY substitute "Before Christ"(NOT BC) and "Apres Dieu" (After G_d) EVERY time I discuss historical dates. It's fun to make the deniers squirm.

[Don W]

after reading the thread, I realize that I have been mistaken. I will be using “Anno Domini” from this time forward,

Dang, I LOVE this place!

You must admit, though, apres dieu works pretty good too...

[1010RD]

Thanks for the info and how I wish that progressivism were viewed the same way.

[pabianice]

The altitude of Polaris in degrees above the horizon is your latitude. Very helpful.