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Mystery Solved: Astronomers Unravel the Puzzle of Betelgeuse’s “Great Dimming”
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| July 19, 2021
| By HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS
Posted on 07/19/2021 9:09:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Was hoping for it to go nova.
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:10:15 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
Make Betelgeuse Bright Again!
To: Red Badger
“The dimming was caused by a dusty veil shading the star.”
Like the Deep State shading Trump. Only a temporary dimming.
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:11:37 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
(Come back, President Trump.)
To: Red Badger
NOTE: Betelgeuse is the only star we can see as a disk or globe it is so huge. It would just barely fit inside the orbit of SATURN!.................
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:11:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:12:21 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:12:35 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
Chitcagone’s mayor is a Dim bulb too.
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:16:10 AM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny )
To: Red Badger
Hasn’t it always been variable? Or is this the fault of climate change? /s
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:16:56 AM PDT
by
Buttons12
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To: Buttons12
I blame space smog, caused by intergalactic suv’s
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:21:28 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Red Badger
Someone shot Stacey Abrams into space?
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:21:33 AM PDT
by
struggle
To: Red Badger
t would just barely fit inside the orbit of SATURN!
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Wow, that is one whopper of a star.
To: struggle
Not even a Saturn V........................
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:23:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Is there a little bright, green spot near one edge?
To: Empire_of_Liberty
Appears to be.....................
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:27:11 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: dfwgator
Maybe he got shrunk again........................
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:29:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
OK, but now that we know what caused the dimming, where did the gas cloud originate and what caused its formation. If it is moving, in what direction? It must be hugh and series!
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:30:44 AM PDT
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Spitzensparkin1
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To: Spitzensparkin1
Could be part of the star’s own OORT CLoud..............
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:31:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: dfwgator
Just don’t say it 3 times!
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:40:59 AM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: Red Badger
This is what these astrophysicists don’t understand.
They say a star is being born when they see it getting brighter but it’s just that the dust is clearing.
The same thing happened here...
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posted on
07/19/2021 9:43:55 AM PDT
by
Pez149
(Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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