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Betelgeuse about to go nova

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:12 am
by eslapion
I've been following what happens to one of the weirdest known star from the corner of my eye in scientific news.

Here's the latest: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bete ... -1.5464353


Re: Betelgeuse about to go nova

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:41 am
by rmzalbar
I spend a fair amount of time out at night with telescope and binoculars, even so much as to have ground my own parabolic mirror. Been contributing a little bit to help keep it under constant observation so it doesn't explode :)

Less so in the winter.. brrr