As predicted, Betelguese’s dimming has ceased
As predicted by astronomers, Betelguese’s dimming has ceased and has even begun to brighten slightly in the past week.
The graph here and at the link shows the uptick clearly. As this was exactly what was expected if the star followed its past cyclical patterns, this strongly suggests that we will not see any supernovae from the star anytime in the near future.
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As predicted by astronomers, Betelguese’s dimming has ceased and has even begun to brighten slightly in the past week.
The graph here and at the link shows the uptick clearly. As this was exactly what was expected if the star followed its past cyclical patterns, this strongly suggests that we will not see any supernovae from the star anytime in the near future.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Amazing. We have had nothing but rain here in Georgia the last few weeks but last night was clear as a bell. I went out specifically to look at Betelgeuse to see if it was dimmer than it was a few weeks ago when I noticed it was much dimmer than memory served.
So I looked and thought, not only is it NOT dimmer, but it’s a little brighter than last time I looked. Now I have 68 year old eyes and was only out for 10 minutes and we are next to I-85 so, far from being optimum viewing. So I don’t know if I was fooling myself, or it really is that variable a star.
Sad about no Supernova though. Would have been cool and I don’t think I’ll make it the 5000~100,000 years predicted.