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Apparently Betelgeuse is about to go Supernova

The Atheist said:
FTFY

A supernova is the one remaining astronomical phenomenon I have yet to observe, so I'm hoping it gets moving and happens in the very near future.
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I would love to see it but as the years pass and I get older it looks less and less likely. Better happen in the next ten or fifteen years.
 
Apathia said:
I'm not interested unless the seats are IMAX close to the star.
I want to be blown away!

Otherwise, I'll settle for the spectacular display we'll all get FOC.
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FOC from the acronym finder:
FOC: Foreign Oil Company: FOC: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: FOC: Flash-on-Camera (photography) FoC: Friends of the Committee (various organizations) FOC: Facilitating Organizational Change: FOC: Fold Out Cover (vinyl record feature) FOC: Fort Omaha Campus (Metropolitan Community College; Omaha, NE) FOC: Force Organization Chart (gaming ...
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:boggled:

I nomed your post anyway. :D
 
Puppycow said:
How about "free of charge"?

(For me the "acronym finder" rarely suggests anything that fits the context. It's practically useless.
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I didn't open the link, that was a paragraph from the search menu.

Free of charge, got it. :)
 
Steve said:
I would love to see it but as the years pass and I get older it looks less and less likely. Better happen in the next ten or fifteen years.
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Yeah. I have, probably, something like 20 years left, and the Betelgeuse supernova, as best I can figure could happen any time between tomorrow and 100,000 years from now. It also seems that when it happens, it will bee at a just about ideal distance: Close enough to be spectacular, but not close enough to cause serious damage to our planet.

Well, I did at least get to see the 2017 total solar eclipse very near the intersection of its center line and the Continental Divide.
 
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CORed said:
Yeah. I have, probably, something like 20 years left, and the Betelgeuse supernova, as best I can figure could happen any time between tomorrow and 100,000 years from now. It also seems that when it happens, it will bee at a just about ideal distance: Close enough to be spectacular, but not close enough to cause serious damage to our planet.

Well, I did at least get to see the 2017 total solar eclipse very near the intersection of its center line and the Continental Divide.
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We will be just outside of the path of totality next April - 97.62 %. Thinking of making the 6 hour drive for a once in a lifetime experience. Depends on the weather.
 
arthwollipot said:
Miguel Montargès and Meridith Joyce, the two astronomers cited in the article, are.
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Too bad any actual astronomy being done by actual astronomers is being filtered through the amateurs at Gizmodo, instead of being cited directly. Buncha ad-driven lay fluff and precious little in the way of any verifiable scientific claims. Why not cite the astronomers directly?

Because it's all just Gizomodo quoting emails they received but did not publish.


Sorry. I find it really aggravating when people on this forum of all places insist on citing amateur fluff pieces instead of actual scientists publishing actual science.
 
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