What Will Happen When Betelgeuse Goes Supernova?
Betelgeuse is at the end of its life. One day, it will go supernova. But what is Betelgeuse's history, and what will its end look like for us?
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Finally a video about Betelguese that isn't clickbait! Thank you!
@SKYST0RY
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Just science on this channel.
Your videos are epic. I predict you get 10k subs one day.
Quote of scientists in the future when it goes supernova: “damn that looks cool”
@SKYST0RY
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It would be incredible to get to see it.
@willoughby1888
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@@SKYST0RY I just did. I got to see it just now. You showed it to us so well in animation that I thought I was living in the future for a few precious minutes there. Maine said to say "Hello" again. I'm hoping a nice telescope is in this old man's near-future anyways. Silly me bought a decent-quality drone last November that just sits here collecting dust unopened though. Maybe I ought to orientate myself with that fun toy first.
@willoughby1888
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I once stepped out my back door to look up and see what the night sky looked like. I always prepare myself beforehand by turning off the lights so my eyes accustom. When I finally stepped out and looked up I saw a bright star that easily caught my attention. Then it grew brighter and larger, and larger and larger until I questioned my own eyes for a split second. Then I watched it as it just 'burned out' with a final bright flash. I suddenly realized it had to have been a meteorite coming right at me, aiming straight for my eyes. I've never seen anything quite like it. It just looked like a bright star that grew planet-sized when I had first looked up and first saw it. It came in at an angle, grew brighter and brighter and then flashed away. It had that "Oh wow, it's coming closer" feel to it also. That perception came a split-second later though, after the mesmerizing effects of what I had suddenly saw had finally worn off. The whole thing took about 5-7 seconds and the final flash was spectacular, yet kinda little. It was also silent. I recall thinking that it should have made some kind of sound.
@SKYST0RY
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@@willoughby1888 That's an amazing experience! Astronomical events often dismay our perceptive senses like that because they occur on scales for which our senses are not designed. When we look at the world overhead, our senses are attuned to the visible sky. When we see the amazing, such as an incoming meteorite, or a planet at scale from orbit, or any other astronomical event, our senses are not really prepared to grasp such distances, vast sizes, or angles of approach.
well for a few weeks it’ll look like we have 2 moons
@SKYST0RY
Жыл бұрын
It would be incredible, and a bit of a pain for astrophotography lol
4:10 "B stars often rotate in excess of 200 kilometers per second." Kilometers?!?
@SKYST0RY
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Incredible, isn't it. Achernar, another spectral type B star, is believed to rotate at around 250 km/s.