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Betelgeuse Is Neither as Far Nor as Large as We Thought, And It's a Total Bummer
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| MIKE MCRAE 16 OCTOBER 2020
Posted on 10/16/2020 8:42:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
I’m sorry, our these astro guys just guessing the size and brightness ?
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:03:41 AM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
To: mountn man
You are correct sir!
Beetlejuice is the current mayor of Chicago.
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:04:06 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
To: minnesota_bound
Newer equipment and techniques................
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:06:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
It was my understanding that up to 1000 light years distance could be determined by the slight shift seen against the background stars from opposite points of Earth’s orbit. You’d think that is the technique that would verify the distance.
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:16:39 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong!)
To: Nateman
For farther away stars, yes, but Betelgeuse is in the neighborhood....................
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:17:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
It is only neighborhood stars for which parrallax works. The closer they are the better the accuracy of the measurements.
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:28:10 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong!)
To: Nateman
But this one is fluctuating in size and brightness and it also moves in relation to us ....................
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:31:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Red Badger
Betelgeuse Is Neither as Far Nor as Large as We Thought, And It's a Total Bummer On the contrary. If it's gotta be closer, being larger could be the total bummer for old planet Earth.
To: LibWhacker
The ‘experts’ tell us we’re ‘safe’....................
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:36:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
To: Dead Corpse
Well I'm dissapointed!
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:49:17 AM PDT
by
CtBigPat
(2020 is becoming everything 2012 aspired to be.)
To: Red Badger
Well...That information certainly changes my schedule for today...
The only real question is whether or not this info will be censored on social media...
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posted on
10/16/2020 10:51:35 AM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: Red Badger
I do believe most of them agree any closer than 50-100ly (some say 200ly) would be a real problem.
To: NativeSon
Zaphod Beeblebrox hails from a planet of the Betelgeuse system. He and his semi half-brother Ford Prefect travel quite a bit, thus avoid trouble in the old neighborhood. Should they visit home, besides the towel, remind them to pack some two-million sunblock... just in case.
To: dfwgator
Does this mean we only have to say Betelgeuse 2 times instead of 3?
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posted on
10/16/2020 1:25:34 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
To: Pontiac
If you’ve done 6 impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways?
To: ClearCase_guy
Well said. But if you said it on Twitter you’d be banned.
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posted on
10/18/2020 6:03:51 AM PDT
by
samtheman
(Voter fraud will destroy America)
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