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re: Star in Nearby Galaxy goes Supernova - visible with small telescope

Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:10 pm to
Posted by Champagne
Already Conquered USA.
Member since Oct 2007
48577 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:10 pm to
I'll say here the same thing that I always say on all of my first dates:

I WANT TO SEE IT.
Posted by chRxis
None of your fricking business
Member since Feb 2008
23682 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:26 pm to
so, really it went supernova 21 Million light years ago...
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
10648 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:28 pm to
So it blew up 168,000 years ago and we’re just now finding out about it. That star must have connections to the Clintons and Bidens.
Posted by Champagne
Already Conquered USA.
Member since Oct 2007
48577 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 6:35 pm to
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so, really it went supernova 21 Million light years ago...


Nope.

A Light Year is a measure of Distance. It is not a measure of Time.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
6552 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 7:00 pm to
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Whole bunch of dumb out there.


My payment when down when I refinanced my whip! Yeah, I extended the term another seven years, but lower payment!

Your expectations are way, way too high.
Posted by Schutzhund
Member since May 2023
24 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 7:43 pm to
For those saying how quick life can end this star blew up 21 million years ago the light is just now hitting Earth
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
64893 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 7:54 pm to
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Our star isn’t big enough to go supernova.


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Well, only less than 1% go supernova anyway so it’s unlikely either way.


And of those 1% that do go supernova, all of them are far larger than our sun.

Our sun isn't massive enough to trigger a stellar explosion, called a supernova, when it dies, and it will never become a black hole either. In order to create a supernova, a star needs about 10 times the mass of our sun

- space.com
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
9613 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 8:03 pm to
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I don’t think the human race makes it to the year 2100.


Well, that’s a pretty fricking depressing outlook.
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
3557 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 8:16 pm to
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Champagne


Supernova........name checks out......
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
31335 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 8:23 pm to
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Ban bet that it doesn’t?


It’s not even a question of if it will go supernova, it’s a foregone conclusion that it will…and do so “soon” on a cosmic time scale.
This post was edited on 5/24/23 at 8:25 pm
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
6613 posts
Posted on 5/24/23 at 9:02 pm to
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Whole bunch of dumb out there.
To be fair, the OP originally said 21 LY (or quoted an article that was incorrect), and edited later. Some people just ran with that instead of actually thinking about the conflicting information presented.
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
11470 posts
Posted on 5/25/23 at 9:24 pm to
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Downvoted the dyslexic guy for calling people dumb.
Have an upvote! Sometimes my brain works faster than my typing fingers. That being said, you are correct, it's 186000 miles per second.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28685 posts
Posted on 5/25/23 at 10:09 pm to
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quote:Ban bet that it doesn’t?

It’s not even a question of if it will go supernova, it’s a foregone conclusion that it will…and do so “soon” on a cosmic time scale.

I think you missed the joke.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28685 posts
Posted on 5/25/23 at 10:13 pm to
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A Light Year is a measure of Distance. It is not a measure of Time.

Err… isn’t a measure of distance over time?
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 5/25/23 at 11:32 pm to
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about a star with a size we can't comprehend, that has an age we can't comprehend, at a distance we can't comprehend, exploding with a violence we can't comprehend, and thinking we really matter in this universe


The vastness of space is so incomprehensible. It takes me 24 hours just to get to Wyoming
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 5/25/23 at 11:33 pm to
No. Distance over time is speed.
Posted by chRxis
None of your fricking business
Member since Feb 2008
23682 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 5:01 pm to
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A Light Year is a measure of Distance. It is not a measure of Time.


umm... it's the distance light travels in 1 year... yes, it measures distance, but if something is 1 light year away, it took 1 year for that ray of light to go from source to your eyes... therefore, yes, it went supernova 21 million years ago
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
8733 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 5:09 pm to
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If a supernova occurred within 5 light years of Earth, it would wipe out life on earth instantly.


And how many stars fall into that radius?
Posted by Koach K
Member since Nov 2016
4132 posts
Posted on 5/27/23 at 5:26 pm to
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Goes


You mean “went”….a long time ago
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