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Large supernova visible with binoculars this weekend

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Matt Edwards
Fri Sept 02 2011, 05:39PM Print
Matt Edwards Registered Member #2838 Joined: Fri Apr 30 2010, 07:55PM
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Thought this was pretty cool
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H8erade
Fri Sept 02 2011, 07:33PM
H8erade Registered Member #3451 Joined: Sun Nov 28 2010, 11:13PM
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So this star exploded 21 million years ago?
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Matt Edwards
Fri Sept 02 2011, 09:34PM
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Yep, isn't that awesome!
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Conundrum
Fri Sept 02 2011, 09:34PM
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
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Cool! Any ideas where in the sky it is?

As per usual it is foggy this evening.
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H8erade
Fri Sept 02 2011, 09:41PM
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Oidium45 wrote ...

Yep, isn't that awesome!
It sure is!
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Matt Edwards
Sat Sept 03 2011, 04:24PM
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According to the article it is "within the big dipper"
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Conundrum
Sat Sept 03 2011, 05:02PM
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Just wait till Betelgeuse goes up, thats gonna be cool.

According to some estimates, at peak brightness it could be as bright as Venus, possibly brighter.
Expect lots of UFO reports around that time smile

And, no it won't generate an Earth-frying GRB, its the wrong kind of star for that luckily.

-A
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