• honeyontoast@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    What fascinates me about these things is, if it is “about” to go supernova, then it already has, hundreds of years ago. We just haven’t seen it yet.

  • wintrparkgrl@beehaw.orgM
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    1 year ago

    This would be amazing to see in my lifetime. I have a 10 inch telescope I use to mostly look at the planets, but this would be big/bright enough to see clearly with it

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        1 year ago

        From what I read it would be as bright/slightly brighter than a full moon for a few months. I would have to use my moon filter to not be blinded by looking in the telescope

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    1 year ago

    It would be crazy cool to see it go supernova, safe from most of the harmful effects and bright enough to light the way at night.

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        1 year ago

        no, I think it would only be potentially harmful if its poles were pointed directly at us and we were blasted with gamma ray bursts