🔴 What's happening to Betelgeuse? kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKegy6-yotmtdKw.html

@SolaceEasy

4 жыл бұрын

Hey now! Dark Star crashes...

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Someone's paying attention :)

@JohnSmith-eo5sp

4 жыл бұрын

3:19 Checkout the opening montage scene of the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers - - looks just like this star

@PafMedic

4 жыл бұрын

John Smith ,Would Love Too..Can You Provide a Link..Please

@seanlee9301

4 жыл бұрын

She's about to go supernova 🤯😁

I just heard this quote the other day, "The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." Betelgeuse is teaching us this very lesson.

@HiR0SHi.the.D0G

4 жыл бұрын

But I firmly believe Betelgeuse ows us an explosion!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Well said M. Bax!

@elomnusk7656

4 жыл бұрын

Neil de grasse said it

@emiliospowerballer1441

4 жыл бұрын

lawrence krauss

@AkashSharma-sy7gm

4 жыл бұрын

I loved this comment!

It's very strange to think that this dimming of Betelgeuse actually happened almost 200 years before Columbus discovery trip to the New World.

@chrismckenzie2277

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly... HENRY II was the most powerful man in the world... crazy to objectively ponder..

@herwighuener3256

4 жыл бұрын

Why is this strange? Everything you see has happened in the past - a few nanoseconds, if you look at the opposite wall of the room, a few million years if you look at a near Galaxy. One gets used to that! - Just as I write this, I realize that the screen onto which I look just now is one nanosecond in the past - hell, I do not know what is happening to my computer right *now*!

@XtreeM_FaiL

4 жыл бұрын

Herwig Huener It is called lag. :P

@Dan5482

4 жыл бұрын

@@herwighuener3256 - Exactly, it is this essence of reality - always seeing nothing but the past - that is so strange. I just feel it is stranger still when people are talking that a star IS dimming when in fact that phenomenon actually happened some 700 years ago.

@heathcliff8624

4 жыл бұрын

It most certainly was not new to the Native Americans.

I'm a jet pilot who flies mostly at night. I'm just waiting for the sky to light up suddenly when Betelgeus blows!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

That will be a really cool view until ATC vectors you to turn north :)

@Alexis-hx3yd

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the supernovae will get to maximum brightness gradually over a few weeks won’t be a huge flash, sorry.

@justsittinhere72

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. And I'm on the ground!

@justsittinhere72

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alexis-hx3yd That's okay. I'm in the northeast so it'll give the sky time to clear up.

@31069johnny

4 жыл бұрын

When you see it, remember it happened 600 years ago. Mind blown

*Betelgeuse: "Why everyone want me to die T_T"

@lukataken

4 жыл бұрын

For the another sun

@angelareyes1920

4 жыл бұрын

lol!!! It is true! A death wish for a poor star.

@PafMedic

4 жыл бұрын

Angela Reyes ,Nothing Against It..But You Truly Do Not Understand,The Passion That Some People Have For This Star..Yes..We Want It To Super Nova..But After All Is Settled,We Can Vast In The Beauty Of Its Nebula Forever❤️

@abdouaboud7490

4 жыл бұрын

@@PafMedic and all life is reduce to Atoms in a 50 light year circle

@pardyhardly

4 жыл бұрын

Because we enjoy novelty.

I appreciate your coverage of the Betelgeuse observations. And the delightful lack of background music in your current videos!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm really ok with background music but I never can find the right kind for my style so I just do without.

@Dan_Popescu

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy no background music it's fine! If one wants music...Spotify has it!

@stefanschleps8758

3 жыл бұрын

There was background music ? I dunno, Eeep Hour, and SpiderGawd, as the preamble to "the Wheel". Would make for some super sick absolutely appropiate music, IF, it is synched right. People who get panicky at music really need it the most. But some are reminded of being social misfits and so would rather not enter into that emotionally messy area of the inner heart. But like it or not, one day they will. Skipping with joy, or stomping their feet and throwing a tempertantrum. You will make that journey. Here's a quote for you. "Destiny doesn't give a rats ass how you feel about things." Black Peter.

Oh how I wish I could see Betelgeuse’ s supernova during my lifetime...

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Well, there's always a chance. It would be glorious if it did!

@davekennedy6315

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it be a great sight indeed! And think of all the incredible footage we would get to see from the various telescopes dotting the Earth. I'm sure the world's astronomers would get a bunch of useful information to increase their knowledge even further. A true gift from the universe.

@maxinfly

4 жыл бұрын

It might be the last thing you ever see, thought.

@davekennedy6315

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxinfly no, it's too far away to cause us any damage here luckily. Most certainly wouldn't want to be in the Betelgeuse star system at that moment haha!

@davekennedy6315

4 жыл бұрын

It will be great to see the Neutron star form in the aftermath of the supernova. Neutron stars are fascinating to me.

Earthlings: come on Betelgeuse, just die already! Betelgeuse: -_- You realize you're hurting my feelings, right?

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, we're a bloodthirsty bunch :)

@Tymeshifter

4 жыл бұрын

Its distance from earth is about 700 light years. Betelgeuse: Too bad! You'll never know.

@navsquid32

4 жыл бұрын

Take this cringe to tiktok

@picassoboy52

4 жыл бұрын

Not even clever

I love the idea that if it blew tomorrow it actually happened around the time of Shakespeare and the Spanish Armada

@seancanning4580

3 жыл бұрын

Who knew.

Betelgeuse going supernovae would lead to some awesome discoveries. Cool video!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We're learning quite a bit just watching it evolve :)

Thank you for this. Keep us posted on these events please.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

I'm a fan of Astronomy, and of all the Astronomy communicators out there, you are one of the most fun and educational one. Simple explanations, no fancy words, music, or editing, direct to the point, with a pinch of humor. I'm lovin' it! Thank you!

Another great video! I saw the pictures of Betelgeuse earlier in the week with the article title "Betelgeuse has changed shape!" then the article never mentioned it again... so thank you for clearing that up! Interesting stuff and a great job as always. Thank you for putting out such great material!

IT'S AMAZING to think that whatever is happening to this 🌟 STAR occured in the time of HENRY II ; The battle of Montiel i.e. the year 1369

Can’t wait to see how well James Webb Space telescope focuses in on stars like Betelgeuse 🤩

Awesome pictures! I watched Betelgeuse yesterday with my binoculars.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

I was looking at it last night as well. Hard to believe just how faint it's gotten.

@jules665

4 жыл бұрын

Same with my telescope

Love this channel. Thanks for the work that you do!

Wouldn't the more appropriate statement be "despite the headlines, there is no evidence that Betelgeuse went supernova in 1320AD"?

@falkkiwiben

4 жыл бұрын

If we haven't seen it explode, it hasn't exploded.

@BentReality.369

4 жыл бұрын

@@falkkiwiben yes 1+1=2 is the cat dead?

@TheFurinfuretto

3 жыл бұрын

Brian Steele as long as we dont open the box its dead and alive at the same time.

@TomSestilio

3 жыл бұрын

@@falkkiwiben Damn dude, imagine being this stupid.

@joe-gf6ir

3 жыл бұрын

@@TomSestilio did you know that a minute passes every 60 seconds in Africa?

3:34 Thanks for explaining how dust forms from stellar winds. I always used to wonder how dust is getting formed from plasma. No one gave that explanation before.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

@spvillano

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy all that I've reviewed doesn't suggest monster spots, which could be detected via customized masks or radio. Maybe a significant mass ejection? Plenty of evidence in many a planetary nebula.

Grateful for your videos!! Just starting out with astronomy and you have enlightened me with so much knowledge!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm so glad you're enjoying it!

It's always such a pleasure to listen to you and you just keep getting better and better. No one has been a little bit since I was last by, however, you do such a fantastic job here and so easy to listen to you really make it palatable for the common person to understand Astrology and that's a great gift. still big fans and still cheering you on and you're Channel doing fantastic and we couldn't be prouder of you and it's so well-deserved. Cheers and all the best

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear from you, and thank you so much for the kind words. Hope all's well with you guys.

As always you are so amazing to listen to and learn from. Thank you.I just love Ur voice, you make it easy to learn and understand. Your doing a stellar job Sir.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm so flattered!

@jovetj

4 жыл бұрын

"a stellar job" ... very funny. Very amusing.

Come on, blow up already.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

All good things in all good time :)

@rabbitcarrot651

4 жыл бұрын

NovaCygni We’d know if it had blown, it’s a large star. It would cause quite a bright light that would stay around for a while.

@1jeffr

4 жыл бұрын

@@rabbitcarrot651 I think Nova's point is that the star is approx 700 Light years away, and that It may have already blown up and the light of the supernova just hasn't reached us yet.yet.

@MindinViolet

4 жыл бұрын

I want to see a supernova now. I don’t want to have to leave it for my great, great, great, great grandchildren to see one.

@54spatula

4 жыл бұрын

Might have already gone 640 years ago 😂

Wow, what a brilliant (if you'll forgive the pun) video. Not too long, no distracting music and narrated with bags of enthusiasm, I wish I'd discovered it before. I'm subscribing.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a so much, and I’m glad to have you along for the ride!

Maybe we, as a whole species, need to say it’s name 3 times in unison... 7.X billion people saying “Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!!!” In unison, and the star will return to its previous brightness in all its glory! Someone orchestrate this!

5:28 "The star has lost at least two and a half times it's original brightness..." What kind of a nonsensical statement is that?

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

The kind you make when you're on your 8th take and can't get the words out...

@Spedley_2142

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was 38% which is a "one and a half times loss".

@hobanagerik

4 жыл бұрын

Jake S If it lost 1 time it’s brightness it would be invisible I.e. dimmed by 100% So 0.38x as bright sounds better.

@Spedley_2142

4 жыл бұрын

@@hobanagerik Yes but I took it to mean it used to be 2.5 times brighter. I didn't look for what he didn't mean but what he did mean. However, it was 2.5 times as bright but it lost 1.5 to be 1x as bright as it is now.

@paulturner6498

4 жыл бұрын

I.5, 2.5 ? 38%, 0.38% whatever, it’s still not as dim as you!

I just love watching the night skies, but hard to do so when clouds are around most of the time, but I've been watching the night skies ever since I was about 5 yrs old and through the years I taught myself the constellations and stars and also built my own telescope at age 10 or 11 from a pair of toy binoculars....Soon after, I bought a couple of other telescopes, one which had a very bad mirror with it and no way to correct it except tear it apart and get a new mirror. I've seen many stars and the moon with my telescopes, and use them for different aspects of observations, but have been unable to photograph any of them as yet, due to lack of equipment and other drawbacks. It would be fun to see how that would come out though, maybe some day. Thanks for sharing. I love this even though I don't like Betelguese dying, life goes on and it may surprise us again....maybe a survivor......HIGH 5

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

There's no better way to experience the Universe than with your own eyes and senses. Glad you're enjoying the show!

@ScottlandShaffner0423

4 жыл бұрын

@@javaman4584 well said.

This is good stuff and well done. The great thing about this is that there are two stars in the same constellation that serve as brightness markers - Rigel as its former benchmark, and Bellatrix as its current one. (If Saiph gets involved, I'd bet the end is near.)

Hands down one of the best astronomy channels on KZread and I enjoy your sense of humor Christian...I esp like the one about making a giant telescope (in another vid) that leaves our solar system in a year and doesn't even give us one picture. :)

@LaunchPadAstronomy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@StarrDust0

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy You're welcome. :)

Just remember any images of this star actually occurred over 600 years ago ,for all we know it has already gone supernova just we will probably never see it

@hobanagerik

4 жыл бұрын

If Betelgeuse went supernova 640 years ago, and this process is very fast, we would get to witness it. I don’t know how long it takes for a star to complete that process I.e. the initial collapse, compression, and then explosion. I would guess the actual explosion is very fast, but the process leading up to that? No idea.

@hobanagerik

4 жыл бұрын

anno636 You clearly can’t read. Read what I wrote again. I said “640 years ago”. Now who’s stupid? The process I am referring to is how long from the point of collapse to the actual explosion. If we are now seeing a dimming phase that happened 640 years ago, and this dimming phase leads to a supernova inside a human lifetime, we might get to witness that ancient event. But if that process takes thousands of years to complete, humans still have a long time to wait to witness it.

@anno636

4 жыл бұрын

Ok i read it wrong i also just wokeup ! ...deleted

@jovetj

4 жыл бұрын

Just remember that time is relative. Betelgeuse's 640 years ago is our now.

@hobanagerik

4 жыл бұрын

Jovet True, but we are seeing what happened then in real time, just 640 years out of step. If a supernova occurs over a matter of hours, and has already happened in the past, we ma be seeing the prelude to such and event. However, I would imagine that there would be a period of brightening, not dimming, before a star collapses and explodes.

Everybody: Explode already! Betelgeuse: Jokes on you.. I already have!

@prolekzkurios

3 жыл бұрын

I think already blow up

Dr. Ready-- I have just recently 'discovered' your presentations, and I enjoy them immensely! If I understand it correctly, the 'non-symmetric' appearance of the star is not new. I believe I have seen pictures showing the 'lump' that are years old.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, you're very kind (though I don't hold a PhD so no need for "Dr." :) ). You're correct that Betelgeuse has always been asymmetric (well, at least since becoming a red supergiant). Even previous images show the star as uneven, which you can see in my previous videos.

You had me at Betelgeuse. But when it dawned on me that "Steal your Face" was beaming back at me, well, I just had to subscribe. Thank you very much. Greetings from Vienna. NFA.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

My mother raised me right. Glad to have you along for the ride!

Hey they took a picture of Chicago’s mayor in outer space.

Very well done, liked

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video, very informative!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video sir.

I never realised that Betelgeuse looked as weird as that! I really hope it goes supernova during my lifetime, I'm sure it would be quite the sight. Plus I'm sure it would give the world so much information and only strengthen our knowledge of stars.

I wish I would live for another 100k years, just to see how all the stars turn out

@thedevilsadvocate5210

4 жыл бұрын

You are stardust

@dukeofengland

3 жыл бұрын

You won't see much movement of the stars in just a 100.000 yrs, you'd have to wait millions of years to see them move significantly.

You're closing statements were damn funny and I love the astronomy thing. Keep up the good work man.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

OK going to try and see Betelgeuse tonight. I have to wish for clear skies before I wish for a nova :). Great video as always Christian.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gee! Hope you get to take a look.

Now I know where to look for Betelgeuse in the night sky, I will go outside and see if it has dimmed.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

By all means, go take a look!

Someone is making a Dyson sphere..

Indeed it would absolutely amazing it it went super nova ! Thanks Christian for another awesome video .

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Joe. Thanks so much for watching!

You're not the only one wishing Betelguese would give us a show to remember. I stood watching it tonight thinking "If only..."

Damn thing already popped its cork, we just don’t know yet

@picassoboy52

4 жыл бұрын

You have no proof

I am not especially looking forward to one of my favorite stars blowing up permanently changing one of my favorite constellations. Sorry, not in any hurry for Betelgeuse to supernova.

Maybe a Dyson sphere is being comstructed around it.

@markfrank5937

3 жыл бұрын

That sphere would be ridiculously large. Wow!

@tyler-qr5jn

3 жыл бұрын

Yea that's probably impossible. But if true. Thats some extreme energy they're harnessing

@spvillano

3 жыл бұрын

@@markfrank5937 and insanely stupid. Going through that much effort and moving that much mass, just to have it destroyed when the star blows.

Love your videos!!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

"Betelgeuse...Betelgeuse..." just waiting for the 3rd one 😜

@jamesricker3997

4 жыл бұрын

When you say it for the third time it will go supernova but if you mispronounce it you will get an unwanted visitor

@blazer666del

3 жыл бұрын

"BETELGEUSE" .......

The fleet has assymbled and is heading straight this way, blotting out the light with their numbers. Thats why Elon is deploying space mines 60 at a time.

@dwaynehunt3714

4 жыл бұрын

Planet X blocking out the light.Second coming of Christ right on time.Not 2012 but actually 2020 is the year Planet X will start entering our solar systym in a 26000 year cycle.Also note all those plagues.Doesnt this sound like the apocalypse the bible warns us about before Christ(anunaki/fallen angels) return to earth (to free us all from debt slavery)We are entering a new window in humankind.Wake up people😃

@kyokkyuu

4 жыл бұрын

@@dwaynehunt3714 Get help. You're too far gone to realize it on your own, but you need help. Tell your stories to a mental health professional; they will listen.

Is there a possibility that Betelgeuse could actually be a double star system, with its companion being in a very close orbit? If so, could something catastrophic be happening to it? Like maybe the close companion has become so close, that it is now being consumed by its primary?

Hi Christian, its now Feb 29th 2020, 23H00 at night. Sky is now clear, and I just compared Betelgeuse to Bellatrix, and both stars are about at the same level of luminosity. Compared to what I could see only 1 month ago. Where Betelgeuse was so much dimmer. I would like you to make a us a tour of Alderbaran, in the constellation of Taurus. Thanks for all the video you are creating !

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I'm glad you can go out and see it for yourself!

@ericcote8146

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Christian ! Again, just checked its 20H15, March 5th, and Betelgeuse was at its zenith. Betelgeuse slightly brighter than Bellatrix, yet. But Alderbaran in Taurus is definitly brighter than Betelgeuse. I live in North-West Quebec, Canada, btw.

We can actually take actual pictures of the freaking past think about that for a minute...

@stevenwhitehead8468

4 жыл бұрын

want to really be blown away? look into "project: Looking glass"

Its a giant dark spot storm on the star in my professional KZread astronomy opinion.

Whenever I'm out at night I try to keep an eye on Betelgeuse in the hope it goes off while I'm watching 😄

Supernovas are cool and all, but I want this beautiful constellation untouched. Leave Betelgeuse alone!

I would go out and check but a passing mass of rain cloud that has been overhead most of today has persuaded me otherwise.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Any chance the rain is only blocking the southern half of the star? :)

@danf52

4 жыл бұрын

same here, but snow ;-(

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

@@danf52 I wish we had snow. It's too warm here in MD.

@colinp2238

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy No the clouds are blocking the sky altofether and it looks like that it's here for most of this week. One of the downers of living in the UK.

@davekennedy6315

4 жыл бұрын

@@colinp2238 yeah, that definitely sounds familiar haha! The only time our constant Great British cloud cover actually came in useful was during the solar eclipse we had around the late 90s/early 2000s, I could actually watch without eye protection due to the clouds. I obviously didn't really get to see the corona but did get to see the eclipse in all its glory. The predicted best view was supposed to be at Cornwall (plenty of full hotels that day!) but I'm pretty sure they received some heavy rain and heavy clouds (good old British summertime haha!) But I was on the south east coast (Lowestoft) and the clouds were light enough to see fine, but enough to shield the eyes! Good times!

Man,for sure we want to Betelgeuse a Grateful Dead.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

"Moses came riding up on a quasar..." I have no idea what that even means :)

@konstantinpolyakov9458

4 жыл бұрын

Pantibiblon daaaaaaaark star crashes

@brianbishop4753

4 жыл бұрын

I’m lost

@picassoboy52

4 жыл бұрын

Gibberish

@jackstraw8145

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a deadhead so maybe he means this? Or Dark Star. Who knows! Grateful dead, in folktales of many cultures, the spirit of a deceased person who bestows benefits on the one responsible for his burial. In the prototypical story, the protagonist is a traveler who encounters the corpse of a debtor, to whom the honour of proper burial has been denied.

I've thought the same thing looking up at Betelgeuse - how cool would it be to watch it, literally watch it, go supernova...

I would love so much to see a hyper giant star go supernova, what a sight that would be.

Probably aliens messing with the lights. Day he say day he say dayyyyooo.

@picassoboy52

4 жыл бұрын

Not nearly as clever as you hoped, sorry

@Mel-xz5ik

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Thanks. Well done.

I'd love to have a look at Betelgeuse, but have to wait for some good weather first!

@jamesricker3997

4 жыл бұрын

If it goes supernova you will be able to see it through the clouds

Loved this thanks 👌

when i first observed the dimming back in aug sept 19 i thought it was just me.. but then i began seeing all these videos on youtube about the star it made me realize how small our world has become and how uniquely we all been connected unlike never before

You had me at Betelgeuse, but the Grateful Dead scrapbook reeled me in! I grant you a sub!

hummmm I have never seen your site before.. I liked this episode.. I will have to check out a few more.. thanks for the very good information..

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

@tinkmarshino

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy thanks... looking forward to some great videos..

Could it be that what we are witnessing is the star's core shifting its fusion fuel to a heavier element? To my understanding, when let's say helium in the core gets exhausted, fusion in the core falters, the star implodes, pressure and temperature in the core rise to the point where carbon fusion goes off and a new active phase begins allover again. Is it right to assume that this implosive transition takes some time during which the star's surface, energy output and hence luminosity declines?

“More like an angry cloud” -Christian Ready,2020? I died when he said that

@deadmansarmy

3 жыл бұрын

2020

first time viewer. im subbing. good program and a ROCKSTAR name dude!!

omg this channel is so good!!!!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

It is possible that we are seeing the surface results of the nuclear reactions in the star's core "flashing over" to a heavier element like Oxygen? It would seem reasonable that the quick burst of energy from that process might disrupt the outer layers of the star and end up ejecting a bunch of matter/dust into the space around it which is now obscuring the light from the star until it clears out or falls back in...

Awesome! Thanks!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

Gosh astronomy and Betelgeuse are such teases. I keep seeing videos talking about it and all this craziness gets my hopes up that it’ll go supernova soon. And then I get a big vibe check from astronomers and I just come away disappointed 😞 great video tho!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, well we don't get to decide when a star goes supernova. I try to manage those expectations as best I can. I'm glad you liked the video though!

It dimmed because a body moved inline and finally slammed into it causing the deformation. Forgot to say I love your channel and work, thank you for doing what you do!!!

I'm guessing what it's doing is emitting light asymmetrically and we're just randomly not in the direction that's brighter? It looks like the top part in that image is brighter than the equator and lower part. So maybe the total power of the star is still within the normal range when all solid angles are summed

Thank you for making my day interesting and fun

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

(looks in mirror) Nope, they're still there.

@slayeriii1388

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy LoL you are awesomely funny....new subscriber

Subscribed! :)

Excellent ! I loved it and yes, we would like Betelgeuse go supernova... by the way, could it affect us????

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

Not at all, we're too far away to get any adverse radiation effects.

It's going to come out that the guy in December pic spilled his coffee or something. Bright as ever lol

Can the Space Telescopes (Hubble, JWST) get any better imaging of Betelgeuse to squeeze out any more details of what is going on ?

We need a video on maintenance of large telescopes. How do you keep the mirrors clean? Also for space telescopes, is this an issue? Do they need automated cleaning routines? Do the instruments need special care? Is it difficult to get replacements? Are there firms who specialize in this field?

Every thing that we see happening to betelgeuse in this current time, has now, actually, *ALREADY HAPPENED!* Betelgeuse is 640 light years away! Meaning that all this was *happening* to Betelgeuse itself, just 30 years after the *Black Death.* *Amazing! Watching What's ACTUALLY HAPPENING, in medieval time, here now..*

I am amazed how betelgeuse is fading and dropped in the rank of brightest (visual magnitude) I wish i can see a super nova in my lifetime , that would be a spectacular view. Roughly 643 light year away from our planet these changes have already occured and we are witnessing them just now. Mind bugging and extraordinary events.

Such an amazing video! Love this!!!! Love Betelgeuse!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Israel, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thx a lot.

It could of blown up already over 600 years ago- we just can’t see it yet

Thank you so much Sir

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome!

Excellent, factual presentation assuming your audience understands the log nature of the magnitude scale. And I still like "Space Places"!!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mick. I don't know if everyone understands the log scale of magnitudes, but I try to throw in the occasional depth spike for those that do :)

@mickwilson99

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy I, for one, appreciate it. As a one-time teacher I grok the difficulty of hitting hitting the right pitch. I also watched Anton Petrov's coverage after yours. More sims, more "humble guy in the face of mystery". Your styles complement nicely, IMCUO.

With lower costs of building and launching satellites, can we launch a satellite to continuously monitor just a particular star (like Betelgeuse for example) across the entire electromagnetic spectrum ?

As of Sept.13 2022 Betelgeuse which is well up in the eastern sky before dawn in the Northern Hemisphere is quite bright,almost as bright if not fully as bright as Rigel in Orion and Capella,almost even as bright as nearby Mars which is becoming quite noticeable

Would JWST help on investigating betelgeuse?

Absolutely incredible. Man do we live in an amazing universe or what? Furthermore how incredible is it that we live in such a peaceful environment in comparison to some of the things that are observe. Life is so fragile, or atleast the life on Earth

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

We live in exciting times, to say the least.

nah, it's just a civilization on a planet orbiting Betelgeuse, who recently achieved K2 civilization, building their dyson swarm

Plot twist : it already exploded, but the light is still on the way to Earth considering that Betelgeuse is hundreds light years away

Couldn't something, we can't see be tugging on the star to cause that bulge? Or would that cause a plasma or gas trail?

If i went out to my patio to observe, wouldn’t i’d be seeing it as it was many years ago? Maybe it already went super nova snd we still have not seen the light because its still traveling.

The whole "C'mon Betelgeuse, you owe me a solid." thing? YES. Been thinking that for years. I will not give up hope, lol. Sure, I want to see it; but really, I want to see the world see it. It's my hope that something of that magnitude would spark scientific interest across our entire civilization. We could use something like that right now.

So interesting