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To: RockinRight

Well that's just silly. That suggests that the B. supernova would be about 70% of the brightness of the sun. We would then experience either two suns (albeit one slightly dimmer) during the day or a 70% bright night, depending on the rotation of the earth.
In sum, we would likely be in a state of near perpetual light.


61 posted on 10/01/2004 1:45:22 PM PDT by the herald (i like pudding)
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To: the herald

"And every eye shall see him..."


63 posted on 10/01/2004 1:48:53 PM PDT by Preech1 (Flush the Johns...vote Bush-Cheney in 2004!)
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To: the herald

Betelgeuse is intrinsically 60,000 times as bright as the sun NOW. The following is from MadSci.org (remember negative magnitudes are brighter when referring to stellar brightness):

The sun has a magnitude of -26, the full moon has a magnitude of -18 or
so. Sirius has a magnitude of -1.5 and is the brightest star in our sky.
Sirius is also one of the closest stars at 2.7 parsecs (about 8.5 light-
years). Betelgeuse is about 500 light-years away and has a magnitude of
about 1. Depending on how much of it's energy is in the visible spectrum,
it would probably be bright enough to rival a full moon. Somewhere in the
magnitude range of -18 to - 20. We would definitely notice it. It could be
visible during the day for several weeks possibly even a month or two. It
would be visible at night for several years.


65 posted on 10/01/2004 1:50:46 PM PDT by RockinRight (W stands for whoop-a**!!!)
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