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supernovas

  1. cullennz

    Apparently Betelgeuse is about to go Supernova

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/01/23/this-is-what-well-see-when-betelgeuse-really-does-go-supernova/#54871a2b43a2 Pretty freaky
  2. Undesired Walrus

    Supernova so powerful it makes nighttime daylight

    Hey. See this article: http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=70143 If a similar supernova went off close to the earth, what would the sky look like at nighttime and how long would it last? Would appreciate a lot of detail so I can visualise it. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. MG1962

    New Supernova

    A nice new supernova is brightening in the galaxy M95. The current magnitude is about 13.2 and the star should get into the high 11s. M95 is very easy to find in the night sky at the moment due to its proximity to Mars - The downside is the galaxy's light is getting a little done over by the...
  4. dasmiller

    Watching Betelgeuse and harsh reality

    I sometimes relax in a jacuzzi at night, and when the sky is clear, I look at the stars, and sometimes while looking at them, I ponder them. As we've often heard, Betelgeuse is expected to go supernova "any minute now," and the thought had occurred to me that it would be really, really cool to...
  5. A

    New supernova 25 million year away

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/25/astroalert-type-ia-supernova-in-m101/ I did not see anybody mentionning it, but there has been a new supernova detected in the first hours of it happenning. Linked is Phil plaitt blog bad astronomy. You still need a good telescope, to...

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