Betelgeuse Supernova...?

[Pauljenny]

After cloudy nights in Blighty , we've come back to clear Algarve skies.
Over to our West, is a very unusually bright star.
Is this Betelgeuse, starting to go Supernova .?
Being 640 light years away, it may already have happened.
We could be in for some exciting sightings over the next 10 days.

 

[2cv]

Strange to think that when the light you’re seeing tonight set off this was happening.

 

[Pauljenny]

Nice one, Bill..
But we'll be able to see what happened on Betelgeuse soon.
Was it not Zaphod Beeblebrox, who came from there ?
Hitchhiker's Guide...?
My mind is stuffed with useless trivia..
What a waste of such a sophisticated organ.!

 

[Pauljenny]

I Will Be Very Sad if Betelgeuse Explodes

While Betelgeuse may mark Orion’s shoulder, its pulsing could just as easily be thought of as Orion’s heart, a blood-red giant beating in our night sky.

slate.com

 

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