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Amazing New Views of Betelgeuse Courtesy of ALMA
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Posted on 06/30/2017 12:59:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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This orange blob is the nearby star Betelgeuse, as imaged recently by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). ALMA/ESO/NRAO
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posted on
06/30/2017 12:59:50 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
An early springtime supernova in the future? Stellarium
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:03:23 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
An early springtime supernova in the future? Stellarium
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:04:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Wow! That’s insanely cool!
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:09:00 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: BenLurkin
I am NOT posting Michael Keaton again.
Oh, what the heck.
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:13:10 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: BenLurkin
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:18:33 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
To: BenLurkin
Why is it bulging on the left side? Is it pregnant?................
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:22:33 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
To: Red Badger
Something to do with it being about to explode.
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:27:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Well, it is a Muzzie named star................
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:29:12 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
To: Red Badger
It’s a supernova candidate in the near (astronomically) future.
Could blow up tomorrow, or a 100,000 years from now.
To: Snickering Hound
It will be very interesting to see.......................by someone....................
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:39:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
To: Snickering Hound
Could have already blown up.
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:40:33 PM PDT
by
pghoilman
(Earth First. We'll drill the rest of the galaxy later.)
To: pghoilman
Could have already blown up.
We need a more precise time frame. We need to plan ahead, to get out.
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posted on
06/30/2017 1:45:29 PM PDT
by
adorno
(w)
To: BenLurkin
There is a suggestion that Betelgeuse has a companion star that is “inside”. When Betelgeuse entered it’s red giant phase, it just swallowed the companion.
The companion, being a star unto it self, just keeps on going.
So goes the suggestion.
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06/30/2017 2:16:17 PM PDT
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Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Conan the Librarian
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posted on
06/30/2017 2:17:06 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Good shot! Betelgeuse, live fast die young leave a good looking nebula. (Cat’s Eye)
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posted on
06/30/2017 3:17:42 PM PDT
by
Holdem Or Foldem
(If it is settled it isn't science. :))
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/30/2017 3:21:56 PM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
To: Red Badger
Apparently due to large convection currents within the star.
The sun has them too but smaller and confined nearer to the surface.
Betelgeuse’s size affects their size they are much larger,
the currents can reach further down into the interior of the star and in turn,
make the star bubble out at its surface to a much greater distance.
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posted on
06/30/2017 3:30:01 PM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
To: All
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posted on
06/30/2017 3:34:49 PM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
To: adorno
Apparently when it blows the dangerous rays/energy is direct out the poles.
If the poles are pointed at the Earth there would be a problem.
Their investigation of the axis of rotation determined that the poles are aligned 20 degrees away from Earth, so we’re good.
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posted on
06/30/2017 3:52:19 PM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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