▲ 134 ▼ A Nearby Star Is Expected to Go Nova This Year. Here's How You Can See It. (www.sciencealert.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/astronomy@mander.xyz 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) So no range of dates then? Still pretty damned cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nulluser@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Between March and September, but that's a pretty wide range. I guess just keep an eye out for the, "IT'S HAPPENING" posts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Reminds me of when Betelgeuse, the orange upper star of Orion, went dim in 2020. Lots of amateur reports on its brightness, 3x per night, for a few months waiting for it to go nova. It settled down a bit before disappearing behind the sun for the season and came back just fine. It was kinda fun to monitor, but soooo many false alarms from people trying to call it first permalink fedilink source parent [–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Definitely will keep an eye out. Already have the eclipse in the calendar too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nulluser@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Between March and September, but that's a pretty wide range. I guess just keep an eye out for the, "IT'S HAPPENING" posts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Reminds me of when Betelgeuse, the orange upper star of Orion, went dim in 2020. Lots of amateur reports on its brightness, 3x per night, for a few months waiting for it to go nova. It settled down a bit before disappearing behind the sun for the season and came back just fine. It was kinda fun to monitor, but soooo many false alarms from people trying to call it first permalink fedilink source parent [–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Definitely will keep an eye out. Already have the eclipse in the calendar too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Reminds me of when Betelgeuse, the orange upper star of Orion, went dim in 2020. Lots of amateur reports on its brightness, 3x per night, for a few months waiting for it to go nova. It settled down a bit before disappearing behind the sun for the season and came back just fine. It was kinda fun to monitor, but soooo many false alarms from people trying to call it first permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Definitely will keep an eye out. Already have the eclipse in the calendar too. permalink fedilink source parent