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    Default 01-20-2011, 02:51 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Articulate_Ape View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't its distance from us mean that it has already collapsed?
    No one knows - until the gamma rays fry everything to death. :(
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    Default 01-20-2011, 02:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Gingersnap View Post
    No one knows - until the gamma rays fry everything to death. :(
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    Default 01-20-2011, 03:01 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Gingersnap View Post
    No one knows - until the gamma rays fry everything to death. :(
    Or turn everyone into The Incredible Hulk.
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    Default 01-20-2011, 03:13 PM
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    Or turn everyone into The Incredible Hulk.
    Either way, it's going to be a big adjustment.
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    Default 01-20-2011, 03:36 PM
    Well if you wanna keep tabs on it till it happens, it's rising in the east after dark. It's in the upper left of constellation Orion. Big red star.

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    Default 01-20-2011, 05:08 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Articulate_Ape View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't its distance from us mean that it has already collapsed?
    That is correct. If we observe the collapse in 2012, then that means Betelgeuse collapsed 1300 years ago, and we are viewing it in a time-delayed fashion. Neutrinos and other particles with mass will follow, likely long after the light & radiation reaches us. For all practical purposes it doesn't matter though, any effects we experience will only be experienced once the light reaches us.

    My 1300 year figure is from the article, I have no idea if the article is even remotely accurate about any of this.
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    Default 01-20-2011, 07:02 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Articulate_Ape View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't its distance from us mean that it has already collapsed?
    Depends on how far it is from us. If it explodes "today" we won't see it for another 640 years.

    Of course if it exploded 640 years ago, we'll see it tonight!
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    Default 01-20-2011, 07:14 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Articulate_Ape View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't its distance from us mean that it has already collapsed?
    It has and the radiation is on the way .
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    Default 01-20-2011, 07:21 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Molon Labe View Post
    As an amateur star gazer, this might be a cool event.
    It's already happened ,we await the event arriving at the speed of light.2012..Hmm, Perhaps George Lucas has the right idea after all ?

    "Lucas firmly believes the world will end in 2012. Lucas’ scenario: The world will end due to ‘tectonic plates’"
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    Betelgeuse Gravitational Waves Upset the rotation of the earths core causing an tectonic shift ?
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    Default 01-20-2011, 07:32 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Constitutionally Speaking View Post
    Depends on how far it is from us. If it explodes "today" we won't see it for another 640 years.

    Of course if it exploded 640 years ago, we'll see it tonight!
    Indeed. BTW, you have Betelgeuse on your chin. :p
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