To: NormsRevenge
supernova - should be a good show
5 posted on
06/09/2009 9:56:11 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
6 posted on
06/09/2009 9:57:35 PM PDT by
null and void
(We are now in day 141 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: smokingfrog
Just hope none of the poles are pointed at us when it blows. Gamma rays are only good for David Banner.
11 posted on
06/09/2009 10:03:51 PM PDT by
dragonblustar
("... and if you disagree with me, then you sir, are worse than Hitler!" - Greg Gutfeld)
To: smokingfrog
As long as it doesn't gamma-ray us, yes. It would be quite a show. Brighter than the Moon, visible in the daytime, for months, then gone forever.
And at 640 light years away, it could have already done it, or it could be a couple of thousand years off yet.
17 posted on
06/09/2009 10:08:55 PM PDT by
PeaceBeWithYou
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To: smokingfrog
supernova - should be a good show It's only 600 or so light years away...that's awful close for a supernova.
44 posted on
06/10/2009 10:04:13 AM PDT by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: smokingfrog
Although Betelgeuse is 600 light years away, that is still WAY too close for me to be comfortable with the idea of it turning supernova. That would be very bad for us.
83 posted on
06/11/2009 8:26:00 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
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