Betelgeuse will go supernova when you say its name three times.

@NiceGuyEddie1030

4 жыл бұрын

"Showtime..."

@davebowles1957

4 жыл бұрын

Love it!!! Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!!!

@colinmoore7460

4 жыл бұрын

@@davebowles1957 BOOOOOM!

@mxsteveirish2633

4 жыл бұрын

Jack D. Ripper , lol

@lyndahalder9952

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I was gonna say.... Damn! You win.

Orion's going to look so weird without his shoulder.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I feel the same way. Here's hoping we have to deal with it ;)

@grimmshredsanguinus2915

4 жыл бұрын

We will eename him as Rion

@keirfarnum6811

4 жыл бұрын

poppedweasel Maybe Orion will just end up with an 80s style shoulder pad?

@poppedweasel

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy Agreed. Realistic about prospects, yet hopeful we'll win the galactic lottery in our lifetimes.

@poppedweasel

4 жыл бұрын

@@grimmshredsanguinus2915 Or Poorion, he's lost his shoulder!

I wish it go supernova soon! But please not this month. I have to finish an exoplanet light curve from a star 5 degrees from it. Once I'm done, it can even self annihilate, I won't mind ))

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Now there's a man who has his priorities straight :)

@phill633vgs

4 жыл бұрын

But what about the poor aliens? That’s just cruel.

@TheRobweb

4 жыл бұрын

Probably It went supernovae centuries ago

@wrecked3m

4 жыл бұрын

so, how's this all going today after the gravitational wave discovery?

@AmyRach1979

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRobweb that's what I was thinking

I know this is an old video and you probably won't ever see this but man, you are the most informative, entertaining and understandable space person on KZread. Its a joy to find yoy

You know, this is a possibility: Betelgeuse already exploded, the light from the supernova just hasn’t reached us already.

@ahmedabdulrahman8812

4 жыл бұрын

that's a good argument i totally agree with you

@sagargkofficial6548

4 жыл бұрын

For that it should be enough far from hwre

@GonzoTehGreat

4 жыл бұрын

It's 640 light years away so could've exploded during the Battle of Agincourt!

@Lord_Lykan

4 жыл бұрын

TheShreester Betelgeuse is too late to see a British victory

@Dragrath1

4 жыл бұрын

While it is possible don't get your hopes up the estimated timeline for its supernovae is on the tens to hundreds of thousands of years as mentioned. As Betelgeuse is a runaway star it has an ejecta tail spanning light years behind it letting us roughly get an estimate of its past activity by looking at variations in its ejecta tail as it speeds away from the heart of the Orion nebulae. These changes suggest that it has only been a red super giant for a few tens of thousands of years which suggest it is probably still fusing helium in its core. It would be nice to be wrong but yeah. I'd put a much bigger bet that Eta Carinae A has likely gone supernovae as it is a Luminous Blue Variable(LBV) star 7500 light years away LBV's are a type of massive end stage star known for such highly luminous eruptions that they are sometimes known as supernovae imposter events but several of these imposter events have been followed some years later by the real thing. As these stars only last for thousands of years the star at over 7500 light years away has probably if not almost certainly exploded thousands of years ago.

Been lurking your channel, great stuff and you seem to be a kind soul. Sorry you lost your Mom sir. Thanks for your efforts

@LaunchPadAstronomy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so kindly, Anthony.

1054: _"Wow! It's bright enough to read!_ _I wish I could read..."_

@starman8225

4 жыл бұрын

me too

Such great explanations of everything you talk about! Thank you!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Stephen!

5 mins into a 15 min video you had already left behind the mainstream froth I've seen elsewhere and moved into telling me things I didn't already know. An actually informative and interesting KZread channel, wasn't aware anyone was doing that any more 😉 Thank you, you have another subscriber!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate those kind words, James and I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

@WorkNHard

4 жыл бұрын

James Matthews totally agree, also subscribed. Thank you 😊

I would really really love to see Betelgeuse go BOOM.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

That would be pretty cool :)

@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098

4 жыл бұрын

In space, no one can hear you stream...or go BOOM!

@ZappaBlues

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098 But you can certainly see the BOOM!

@richardshane456

4 жыл бұрын

Last time around 1000 ad? Biblically much further back....

@jamesricker3997

4 жыл бұрын

Say its name three times and it could happen. But if you mispronounce it you could get an unwelcome visitor

It’s crazy that it’s coming to the end of its life but still has so long left to go . Great video slick

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, the concepts of "soon" take on different meaning in astronomy :)

@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent

4 жыл бұрын

Actually we don't know for sure if soon is indeed 100 years, 1000, 100000, or 1 hr from now. Like he said however its likely will detect it before it goes off with a bang. (Well its ghost at least) its possible it already exploded :P

@potatocat6855

2 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy its would be legendary sight to watch it go-off live 🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇

Great video! The most comprehensive, informative video I've seen on the Betelgeuse hype do far. Nice that you tokk 15 minutes to explain it properly i stead of most tidbit videos. Keep up the great content!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Lars, I really appreciate it. I do try to eliminate videos that don't tell much beyond the headlines.

Imagine the size of that Dyson Sphere.

@AssistantCoreAQI

4 жыл бұрын

No Dyson Sphere, Just Reversed Entropy.

@lucidvizion

4 жыл бұрын

I like the way you imagine.

@georgeisaak5321

4 жыл бұрын

There is no way that Betelgeuse is surrounded by a Dyson Sphere simply because nobody even humans wouldn't be so foolish to do so in a star that is a red super giant . We just barely but we managed to understand enough about our sun , imagine how much more an ancient advanced civilization 2.0 in the Kardashiev scale would know about stars e.t.c .

@remi7446

4 жыл бұрын

Why did a civilisation create a dyson sphere around an unstable star xD

@bobbysmalarz6638

4 жыл бұрын

@@remi7446 they cud knw more uses for it than we think

Thank you for making this video. No one else is talking about this. My mother and I have been meeting up throughout the week to stargaze for a bit and we discuss the articles that we have read and muse about the possibilities of the star and its future in our sky. Now, thanks to you, we have more to talk about! Thanks!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. I'm glad you liked the video!

Enjoyed this video. Keep 'em coming. Subscribed .

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

Great info, kept me very interested... thank you

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Orion has always been my favorite constellation.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Still is!

@jackjones7665

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy Betelgeuse and his Dog Star companion are ready for war against that other red giant Aldebaran! Hahahaa! I'm a December baby, so I love the cold and my constellations.

@kellybrian9378

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Jones I HAVE BEEN TO BELLATRIX.

@jackjones7665

4 жыл бұрын

@@kellybrian9378 I've attended a live lecture given by Stephen Hawkings on Wormholes, TimeTravel and brown dwarf stars, and I've touched the 100" scope at the top of Mt Wilson that was used by Hubble and Eistein, but I've never been to Bellatrix.

@davebowles1957

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Mine too. Love to look at the horsehead nebula through my telescope.

Thanks for a great and informative video. I hope it goes boom soon.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Just found your channel...excellent! Very informative video. Thanks

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

Found it! Great video and explanation! Thank you!

I learned more from this one video than in school. Thank you. Subscribed!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks! I’m glad to have you along for the ride!

@unrealaddiction6085

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomyYou are welcome. Anytime sir.

I just love you, you are such a blessing how you speak and explain so nicely so i can undestand. Great job Sir and thank you.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for those kind words, I really appreciate them!

Nice and informative, thanks for your hard and smart work...

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so kindly, I appreciate it!

Quality content, I'm thankful for YT's recommendation. Subscribed.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

Love that you actually reply to ppl

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. If people take the time to comment, I try to reply :)

So this current big dip actually happened sometime around 1370 when Edward III was King of England.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, pretty much. Speed of light isn't just a good idea, it's the law :)

@N3G4T1V3_

4 жыл бұрын

You dont need to start sentences with the word "so".

@renitosantos2861

4 жыл бұрын

@@N3G4T1V3_ bllt55

@yourfuturewife-

4 жыл бұрын

@@N3G4T1V3_ Whats wrong with you?

@suet.r.4815

4 жыл бұрын

He's negative.

Had just heard about this. Very interesting, glad to stumble across this channel. Subbed and liked, looking forward to more

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Blake, I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

I recently came across your channel and really enjoy your videos and explanations. I have always found astronomy very fascinating and you really make the explanations easy to understand and really enjoyable. Keep up the wonderful work and I look forward to more great content. Thanks for sharing and uploading these for everyone to enjoy.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure, Feliciana and I appreciate your kind words very much!

Betelgeuse better not be dim for the rest of my life. If it won't go supernova soon I at least want to admire it in the night sky.

@tomcunningham4112

4 жыл бұрын

Your hobbit movies sucked.

"IT'S SHOWTIME!!!"... *Beetlejuice intro starts*...

@floben5685

4 жыл бұрын

Beetlejuice...BEETLEJUICE .. BEEEEETLLEJUICCCEEE, good times 😊

@teddy30712

4 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

@foxman362

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

Thank you for sharing

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Certainly, thank you for watching!

Great video. Very informative 👌

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I am a casual astronomy fan. Just enough knowledge to know most of the vocab. But your videos at great for someone like me. Not too far above or below my level, and very well explained. Well done sir. If Betelgeuse does go supernova in my lifetime, I'll be coming straight to your channel for your input. Subscribed!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ryan I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

Very interesting and a very good video! Well done! 👍😁

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great video, thanks. Never knew what red giants look like up close. It explains the dimming perfectly.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hopefully we'll figure out Betelgeuse soon.

Thank you for the way you explained this. I'm fascinated by such things but need it to be said a certain way with visual aids to really absorb it. Thank you

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you found the video enjoyable and informative!

First video of yours I've seen, super impressed.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks for the great video

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir!

@bimmjim

3 жыл бұрын

I like @Launch Pad Astronomy .. because you don't add music or sound effects. I want to learn. .. I go elsewhere for entertainment.

Brilliant, great content. Thank you.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

First time viewer of your channel; I really enjoyed your video. Liked and subscribed.👍🏽

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

I love observing Betelguese and the constellation of Orion 🎓👓 it would be a sad day when it goes supernova 🔭 nice upload my friend ☺👍

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I agree it would be kinda sad to lose that beautiful symmetry in Orion.

how the hell did I miss your channel!? quality content!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

Awesome. Video. What were you speaking about on the “neutrino alert app?”

Excellent video. Thanks!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan!

The amount of information about Betelgeuse was awesome . Thank so much for gathering so much details and sharing with us . Magellan tv seems very interesting.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Joe. I really appreciate it.

@joedasilva134

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the research and excitement in that you have for astronomy. Your passion is contagious. Please keep the videos coming . We love them !

Imagine living in the Dark Ages and seeing this supernova as a message. What would people do?

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

It's strange that very few records of the 1054 supernova exist from dark-age Europe. Clearly people noticed but the records didn't seem to survive.

@Clenched.Cheeks

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy Yeah the Chinese Astronomers I wouldn't be concerned about. But superstitious commoners might be a liability for blaming us for their poor crops! :P

Wow!!! That's wonderful. Thank you.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

When i used to be a kid and i was first introduced to astronomy i would always try to find orion's costelllation to watch betelgeuse, its still a thing that i do now that i am 19 years old. To believe that its going to go supernova is quite sad, but i am truly glad that i was born in this moment.

I remember some time ago on the "Science" Channel they were scaring everyone that if Betelgeuse goes supernova it will be pretty bad for Earth because of how it was positioned or how it was pointing at us, or something like that. So I'm guessing in reality all that scare holds no validity, right?

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

The Science Channel, sensationalizing? Say it ain't so. But *if* Betelgeuse were greater than 40 solar masses and *if* its gamma ray burst were aimed right toward Earth then yes, I'd be concerned. But I really don't think it has the mass to pull it off.

@BerrieBadslof

4 жыл бұрын

it's a ball, it's pointing to every side

@EneriGiilaan

4 жыл бұрын

@@BerrieBadslof It's a Ball - but a spinning ball - with a magnetic field - with (perhaps/probably) a significant dipole moment - and that is what counts here ...

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

And if that magnetic dipole is aimed at us, well then that would be interesting.

@stormgemios1343

4 жыл бұрын

Betelguese is pretty close to us, but i don't think it going Supernova will be a threat to us

Beetlegeuse is about 500 LY away, whatever we see happened 500 years ago, so too late.

Great video. Thank you.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for watching!

I'm glad this video popped into my recommend tab, great video, dropped a sub and I have to say I'd love to see a supernova in my lifetime!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the video and it's great to have you along for the ride!

@leights1493

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy Thanks! And I look forward to watching future videos! :)

Good teacher.👍👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tom!

The Crab supernova actually went off about the time iron and gold were being discovered, after biblical Abraham but before the myth of Prometheus stealing fire from the gods.

Great Info! I took few shots recently just checking!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ray, I'm glad you got some pics!

@RaysAstrophotography

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy I was getting curious with all the info pouring in! I do believe it is far less brighter than before. I guess we will see!

Many videos about Betelgeuse around these days. But I liked yours more. Great work.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Betelgeuse already died... Lydia brought him back at the dinner party

@teddy30712

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my freaking gosh YESH

Somebody make a neutrino warninng app!!

@3dlabs99

4 жыл бұрын

snews.bnl.gov/

@anatollegros3454

4 жыл бұрын

@@3dlabs99 thanks! Exactly what i need!

Thanks for telling me about FREE month on Magellan, I will check it out for the month.

I just went outside to look for myself and it's AMAZING, Betelgeuse is as dim as Bellatrix, so only Rigel is the brightest star in that giant constellation. Most people confuse Betelgeuse for Mars in the night sky because it's so redish and so bright, it looks like it could be Mars to the untrained eye. I hope we live in the time of its demise, what a night show that will be.

Just took a peek right now, yup, its really dim!!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

It's cool, isn't it?

For a star like Betelgeuse, I think we deserve a better picture to be taken.

@kimdawcatgirl

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@kimdawcatgirl

4 жыл бұрын

@@CORZER0 Good one! They can detect a miniscule drop in light but I can't get better cell phone service!

@Ozzywozzy

4 жыл бұрын

@@CORZER0 What else is the internet for if not for random thoughts, something tells me you better get used to it.

@dekippiesip

4 жыл бұрын

Betelgeuse is more than 600 ly away so good luck taking a better picture. The fact that it can be resolved at all is crazy in itself and really shows hoe advanced our optics are.

The size of supergiant stars is absolutely mind-boggling. Thanks for the vid Chris

My astronomy professor was from Portugal. His pronunciations of the star's names were very different than what we say. Needless to say it wore off on me because I ended up staying with him through almost all of my astronomy, physics and particle physics classes. He pronounced Betelgeuse "Bay-tul-juice", Rigel "Ree-gul", Taurus "Taow-rus". Then there was my professor who taught us Relativity. He was chinese...super asian chinese (I am asian myself, my uncles have very asian accents lol, so I was lucky) I hosted a study group to go over notes because his accent was so thick. I miss school so much. I really want to get a Ph.D. and research at ALMA in Atacama or Mauna Kea. Would be amazing. Still patiently awaiting the launch of JWST.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how we learn so much more from our professors than we first think!

Thank you, a lot of information easy to understund! I would like to be outside, lookink at the dark sky when the party begins! Awsome!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It's around 500 something light years away, so, it actually could have went super nova before we were even born, but we won't know about it until it's light reaches us.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Correct-a-mundo!

@Vivek10010

4 жыл бұрын

Or it could be going off right at the moment you are reading this comment.

Whew! Thanks!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

very informative! i was just out looking at betelguese and it used to look redish but now it looks blueish with a red blinking

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Oh crap. He said it more than 3 times. Omg. I hope he is ok. Day O. Dayyy yay yay yay O.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome, K-mart shoppers :)

@macgyveratlarge2133

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy are you suggesting that it's going to be blue?

@teddy30712

4 жыл бұрын

Omg yes XD

I am going to live long enough to see it go supernova.... or die trying....

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Get your 10,000 steps in each day ;)

Love this guys channel.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

Awesome video!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Nottsboy24

4 жыл бұрын

Sure is awesome ☺

100k years, i am starting to think we have only been around 6k years at best.

@conkadonk4976

4 жыл бұрын

Earths time frame is millions of years 🖒

@conkadonk4976

4 жыл бұрын

Unless of course you can disprove carbon dating etc .

@mikeschiavoni5973

4 жыл бұрын

@@conkadonk4976 microscopic carbon decay.....great theory, some great and useful reasoning in within it but im not sure i trust assumed variables, thats all.

@conkadonk4976

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikeschiavoni5973 Only asking questions and sharing thoughts across the board 🖒 Ty for reply

I kinda wanna hear from my surly neighborhood astronomer.

Interesting information👍 I hope it will go supernova soon!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

One can hope, in spite of the odds :)

Shoutout for having the Grateful Dead book in the background...a hint at the relationship between the song Dark Star and the video perhaps??

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

No, just a tribute to my mother who raised me right :)

@shmeckle666

4 жыл бұрын

Launch Pad Astronomy bless her, that’s a good mum.

i was observing beetlejuice as it began dimming down and i thought maybe it was just me who was observing that as i thought it was because of atmospheric distortions or maybe smoke and other pollutants in the sky! But then in early december i just knew something was up, i never did any online research! And just weeks ago i saw people talking about it on youtube.. i guess it was a good feeling because i knew i was observing something correctly!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! It's not often that you get to see something like this with just your eye alone!

@maruchannuudle657

4 жыл бұрын

I was looking at it about a month ago wondering why it was more red. Could this be why? Or more likely light pollution?

Speaking of Super Nova.... Wow, look at how fast you're growing here!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it!

I just saw Betelgeuse minutes ago for the first time in months we had lots of rain and clouds since Xmas. It really has dimmed.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, crazy, innit?

I was looking at it last night. It's noticeably dimmer than it use to be. Looks like the constellation is almost missing somthing compared to the normal visual magnitude.

Maybe Big old betelgeuse is being stellar mined?

I would love to see it go supernova

New to the channel and just wondering whether you have any thoughts on our Sun producing a micro nova in the not to distant future. (great vid btw.)

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

No thoughts on predicting the Sun. I can only say that it's been unusually quiet these last few years and has been on something of a downtrend over the last several decades. But it wouldn't surprise me if at some point between now and its red giant stage it does emit a Carrington-level flare. Thanks for subscribing and I'm glad to have you along for the ride!

Amazing channel!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Ask Ford prefect and don't forget your towel.

One can only guess anything at this point.

@tonybatista1928

4 жыл бұрын

All guessing and theories, but interesting anyway.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Luckily we can make some very educated guesses.

Another great video, Christian! Just went out and looked -- I think I can spot Betelgeuse, but there were a lot of very high objects clearly moving along a more or less common trajectory. The latest SpaceX Starlink deployment, perhaps?

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and oh geez, I hope not. Starlink is already ruining astronomy :(

@vf7vico

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy it was only about 6:30PM here on the west coast, a bit over an hour after sunset, so those bright objects could have had just enough sun on them to be that bright -- all more or less moving in a line (widely spaced, granted). yeah, if that's Starlink, this is bad news for stargazers!

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

@@vf7vico My understanding is that if it's a train of satellites, it's probably Starlink. And there's a lot more coming ;(

I remember the supernova of 1987. I recall some discussions on the event at the time. What comes to mind now is how it was thought most supernovas would be preceded by a relatively quick decrease in luminosity (a few months or weeks). This seems to fit Betelgeuse's behavior now. As an amateur astronomer, I have been observing Betelgeuse for decades, since I was a child. I became so familiar with it that to see it now gives me a very uneasy feeling inside. I knew something was very different ("wrong") with the star well before I heard in the news media about its changes.

@chrisantoniou4366

4 жыл бұрын

I too remember the 1987 supernova and just how unexpected it was. Sanduleak was certainly a candidate star to go supernova but there was nothing, as far as I can remember, to indicate the supernova was imminent before it blew. The first indication that something had gone supernova was the increase in neutrino detection a few hours before it could be seen.

I'd pay good money to have it supernova this winter (gotta make sure it's visible at night in my hemisphere).

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

I think that would be very nice ;)

You can summon it here by saying it's name 3 consecutive times

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Tempting, but I really don't want a red supergiant in my living room.

@raybilverstone2066

4 жыл бұрын

Animebryan2 nah didn’t work because I’ve said it three times only a few minutes ago😂.

@steefm3

4 жыл бұрын

Ray Bilverstone: your probably not the only one who did it... I don’t think he can clone him self and so up to every one...🤭🤫😋😜

I noticed this during the autumn while looking at the night sky, I had tried to quiz myself by finding stars in the night sky by name. I managed to find Vega, Sirius, Antares, and many other common stars, until when I came across Betelgeuse, I was so confused. I hesitated to say whether it was Betelgeuse or not, but when I checked the surrounding stars, it proved to me that it was in fact it. Also, I'm really curious as to when the star does go supernova, because it is so close, would we actually be able to see the nebula? or even the neutron star left behind? I know the crab nebula if it wasn't so dim is almost half the size of the moon as seen from the ground. Surely Betelgeuse nebula would be bigger than the full moon?

Nice Ice Cube animation towards the end. ;) Hey, can you explain how neutrino observations would tell us what type of burning is going on in the core? Wish we could amp up our neutrino observations. That technology seems to be lagging gravitational wave astronomy now that that's a thing.

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Different fusion reactions produce different types and amounts of neutrinos. So if we had a perfect neutrino detector, we'd know exactly what the core is doing just from its neutrino count. How cool would that be?

@pipertripp

4 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy ,yeah. We can only hope it ever gets even a fiftieth of that I'd call it a success.

I like the Grateful Dead scrapbook - I have one !! lol

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Glad to have a fellow Deadhead aboard!

@joshevans3452

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaunchPadAstronomy You have quite a few, I'm sure. Weir everywhere ;)

I'm sorry, did someone actually name a star after a *LESTRANGE* ??

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

I think it was the other way around. Could be worse though, could be the star was named Slytherin.

Hey Christian! My kids like to watch science videos at bedtime, so tonight we shared your video here. My 5th grader was so excited because they have been studying introductory astronomy in class. He wanted me to tell you how much he learned from your video. That, and he wants me to find a neutrino detector app on phone now, so gotta go! Thanks

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Steven! It’s so great to hear from you and to hear your kid enjoyed the video. I don’t think you’ll find a dedicated neutrino app but feel free to create one :). Hope you’re doing well!

There have been clickbaits all over the place about Betelgeuse lately. Then I see this video and thinking: wow you guys a bit late. But then I watch it, and I'm more and more impressed with the amount of quality here! Literally the best video out there period. This is better than a payed course! The guy who disliked this video, must have been drunk and hit the wrong thumb by accident.

@EneriGiilaan

4 жыл бұрын

teipkep

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for those kind words. I tried to avoid sensationalizing the story because it's really amazing all on its own. Still couldn't help but ponder what it would be like if it did explode, though :)

🔴Update: a new image of Betelgeuse was released and it's looking even weirder than ever! kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3-sxNCzZsSyhrw.html

@oldiron1223

4 жыл бұрын

With Betelgeuse 600 odd light years away what we are seeing now occurred about the time the Pilgrims landed. How do we know that this star hasn't already gone Nova?

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

We won't know for another 600 years whether it already exploded. That's just a consequence of the speed of light.

@Valkyrie612

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldiron1223 According to some theories, if we had the technology to detect the disturbances in space-time created by the supernova, we could know of its demise before its light arrived. How long before? Probably not long at all. But it is an interesting idea.

@morbidmanatee5550

4 жыл бұрын

Well based on the fact you can't even see it right now, 670 years ago? Go out and look yourself. It is GONE.

@jarrodyuki7081

4 жыл бұрын

the fate of this universe is to be dominated by black holes. fortunately intelligent life can find ways to open new universes.

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! It's Showtime!

Oh, 100,000 years or so, maybe my pizza I ordered will be here in time for the spectacle

Good video 👍

@LaunchPadAstronomy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!