A self-taught astronomer spotted something no scientist had ever seen [Supernova]

Washington Post ^ | February 21, 2018 | Sarah Kaplan

[C19fan]

Pretty neat. Still waiting for Betelgeuse to go nova.

[robroys woman]

Galileo was self taught too. :)

[jdsteel]

Still waiting for Betelgeuse to go nova.

Just say it 3 times!

[a fool in paradise]

He didn’t witness it. He saw a picture of it.

[Little Pig]

Maybe it already has.

What will be interesting is what that nova will do to Orion. If one of his “shoulders” becomes a huge nebula, it’s going to throw off the pattern of the constellation.

[Paladin2]

"go nova."

I thought Nova meant "no go"

[jdsteel]

🤣

[Red Badger]

AWESome!...............................

[Red Badger]

SUPERNOVA PING!................

[freedumb2003]

Pretty super Nova:

[G Larry]

Did you watch the 30 second video?

[G Larry]

That’s pretty cool.

Is it a 69?

I loved the sleeper Nova.

[hal ogen]

Cool. The vid is worth a look.

[freedumb2003]

Looks like a 69.

I just Yahoo searched for “souped up Nova” :)

[beef]

You mean the NASA animation?

[katana]

Only in Brazil and only with Chevy's (the classic international marketing cock-up).

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C19fan. A ping to the old APoD list as well.

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[Monkey Face]

Too bad the late Igor isn’t here to check the skies. Oh. Wait. He’s on the Other Side so he probably had a ringside seat to the delayed action... ;o]

Thanks for the ping!

;o])

[SunkenCiv]

oops, thanks for the Ping!

[Lurker]

For later.

L