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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:19 PM Original message |
Two Suns? Twin Stars Could Be Visible From Earth By 2012 |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fingers crossed. nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, the fundies'll go beserk! nt |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Ha! |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. I smiled, too, but Betelgeuse is not the twin star. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. that is so cooooooool |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Well, it'd make up for the poor showing of Halley's Comet! |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Oh My |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. If there is no night during that time wouldn't one have to be |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. It would depend if Betelguese (and the constellation Orion) is up above the horizon during |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Depends on which end of the year it happens at. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. That could block my view of the Pleiades! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:31 PM Original message |
Bring it on! |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just imagine the nebula that will result from that explosion! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. "I can see Betelgeuse from my back porch!" |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't know but how serious is the radiation flux if Betelgeuse blows? |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Answered my question with a quick search... shouldn't be an issue |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. From 1,300 light-years away, I wouldn't worry about it |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Ummm.... It could have gone nova 1300 years ago |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Isn't that the point? |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Well, the Wiki seems to say they don't know how far away it is. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Anyone have a tape measure? |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Stock up on your SPF 9000! |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm all for it ! |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. PLEASE happen in my lifetime!!!!!111 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! O wanna see a supernova!!! |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. I do too! I was really disappointed that I couldn't see Supernova 1987a |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
65. The Southern Hemisphere has most of the good stuff. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'd love to do that someday.That would be really cool! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. ... or it could take longer. Like maybe 10,000 years. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Depends on how quickly Betelgeuse is losing mass |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. it should not be losing mass at all |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. For your reading pleasure: |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. I really hope to see this. |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. No night would mean that the supernova would appear on the opposite side of the Earth |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Depends |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thanks Alot, Universe! Ruin my favorite constellation... |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Look on the bright side, no more yellow-orange star clashing with his pretty blue clothes. |
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Veruca Salt (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
70. Just think of it as a flesh wound. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Don't stare at it too long.... |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. It may have already happend! At any time in the last 1300 years |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. Neutrinos, 2012? Where is John Cusack? |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
55. Wow! Gold and silver from the sky! |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. When red super-giants go bad |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh great, another person thinking a "once in a million years" event is going to happen soon. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
62. I wouldn't be so sure about that. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. Betelgeuse= What you get when you step on a beetle. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Poorly written |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. The Rapture! All those assholes will be leaving! |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Note to self... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. Either next year or a million years from now |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. I need to pencil in this event on my Mayan calendar |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. Isn't this old news? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. OK, this paragraph fails the laugh test... |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. See comment #55, above |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
45. What is the likelihood of a Gamma Ray burst from this? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I'm no astrophysicist, but I don't consider it likely. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Almost zero. |
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kster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
48. Two Suns in the Sunset Pink Floyd |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
49. "... and I believe that me running for President is God's will!" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
50. Don't you know this is the end of the world |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
51. "There is absolutely no indication that the star will explode in the next year or so" |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
52. I'm going to miss seeing Orion in the winter sky when that happens. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I think we'd be getting a fair trade actually... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Yeah, but... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
53. NEWS.com.au would like to apologise for their error - as we all know, Betelgeuse is... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm getting my garden ready now! |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. Doesn't he mean it has already happened 1300 years ago. |
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RT Atlanta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
61. Cool! I've seen this before somewhere.... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
64. It could also take a million years |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. + a million. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
71. At 1300 light-years, would it really be THAT bright? |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
72. What if those are really binocular lenses looking at us? |
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