Astronomers witness a dying star reach its explosive end

"Using two Hawaiʻi telescopes—the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy Pan-STARRS on Haleakalā, Maui and W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island—a team of researchers conducting the Young Supernova Experiment (YSE) transient survey observed the red supergiant during its last 130 days leading up to its deadly detonation."

Not much to see at that distance other than a bright spot through a telescope. I think this is the best there is.

thank you... doesn’t have to be much, but it’s nice to see what all the money produced

42 posted on 01/06/2022 5:19:40 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)

So this happened 120 million years ago.

Funny, I did not see this in the newspaper.

43 posted on 01/06/2022 5:30:19 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)

But did you see how the Inter Stellar Network (ISN) covered President Biden er Clark?

45 posted on 01/06/2022 5:42:22 PM PST by bIlluminati (Demonetize the Left. Buy nothing from them. Sell nothing to them. Shun them.)

Betelgeuse will be a great show when it explodes, as some scientists think it soon may.

"Soon" defined as anytime between tonight and a million years from now.

Actually more like between tonight and 100,000 years from now, but yeah.

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Thanks rdl6989.
"This must be what my horoscope meant by, 'kaboom!'" -- Al Bundy

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47 posted on 01/08/2022 10:26:09 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

48 posted on 01/08/2022 11:08:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

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