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A bright new star will burst into the sky in five years, astronomers predict
washingtonpost.com ^
| January 6 at 11:15 AM
| Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.
Posted on 01/06/2017 9:14:20 PM PST by BenLurkin
A team of astronomers is making a bold forecast: A binary star found in the summer constellation Cygnus the swan will burst into a red nova sometime in 2022.
When the two stars in the binary system crash into one another, they will create a brick-red beacon so bright that sky gazers will see it with the naked eye, Larry Molnar of Calvin College said Friday at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Grapevine, Tex.
As the constellation Cygnus glides gracefully along the Milky Way every late spring and summer, the cosmic birds left wing houses a faint binary star called KIC 9832227. The two stars spinning around one another are merging, on a path to an explosion that will result in a red nova, said Molnar and his colleagues.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 2022; binary; binarystar; cygnus; newstar; nova; prediction; star; stars
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:14:20 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I owned a brown nova and a green nova.
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:16:08 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: BenLurkin
As the constellation Cygnus glides gracefully along the Milky Way every late spring and summer, Meanwhile other constellations stumble around the sky, knocking chunks of the Milky Way out and causing meteor showers or now, because of global warming, meteor superstorms. < /Washpost astronomy>
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:25:46 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: BenLurkin
It already has. It’s name is Donald J Trump.
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:34:54 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:42:50 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: dp0622
You should have experienced a Chevy Vega. It was almost celestial./Snicker
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:46:36 PM PST
by
Tucker39
(In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
To: KarlInOhio
In other words, just about straight up in the sky in mid summer late evening where I am.
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:55:39 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: BenLurkin
Six Stars of the Northern Cross
In mourning for their sister's loss
In a final flash of glory
Nevermore to grace the night
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posted on
01/06/2017 9:59:10 PM PST
by
deadrock
(I is someone else.)
To: deadrock
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posted on
01/06/2017 10:02:12 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
They are the words of the magnificent Neil Peart.
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posted on
01/06/2017 10:05:59 PM PST
by
deadrock
(I is someone else.)
To: Tucker39; dp0622
Did they hail from the Ford Galaxy?
To: dp0622
>>>I owned a brown nova and a green nova<<<
My Wife had a Brown Nova. The Color matched the quality.
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posted on
01/06/2017 10:23:34 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
To: BenLurkin
So... what scientists are really saying is that THOUSANDS of years ago, they think these two stars collided.
These two stars are somewhere between 1500 and 5000 light years away.
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01/06/2017 10:26:31 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: BenLurkin
If it’s anything like my chevy nova, it will light up the nights sky.
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posted on
01/06/2017 10:37:14 PM PST
by
Trillian
To: dp0622
I have had starburst candy in several colors.
To: Larry Lucido
ROFL!!! That was a good one.
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posted on
01/06/2017 11:10:01 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Kickass Conservative
They were GREAT for smashing around in though! :)
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posted on
01/06/2017 11:13:20 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Tucker39
lol.
Mercury was in retrograde when I bought mine.
Sorry for that one :)
Mercury’s gone right?
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posted on
01/06/2017 11:14:51 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: I Drive Too Fast
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posted on
01/06/2017 11:15:16 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: UCANSEE2
So... what scientists are really saying is that THOUSANDS of years ago, they think these two stars collided. I was thinking the same thing... it already happened! So this is OLD news. We just haven't seen the visual proof yet.
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posted on
01/06/2017 11:42:38 PM PST
by
roadcat
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