Betelgeuse Star - Supernova Candidate?

[CalPolyTechnique]

BTW, if you have kids, I think it shows Santa's location while he's flying around on Christmas Eve.... Or even if you don't have kids, it still does.

I do! I’ll have to show them.

 

[Runwildboys]

I do! I’ll have to show them.

It's only on Christmas Eve, for obvious reasons. Lol

 

[bb721]

Yeah, I would love for it to blow to the point we see it blow in our lifetime. It's mind blowing that it might have blown long before we were born and it won't be visible until long after we die.

You really like the word blow

 

[Runwildboys]

You really like the word blow

Who doesn't?.... except maybe the little guy in the prison yard.

 

[SlammedZero]

Who doesn't?.... except maybe the little guy in the prison yard.

 

[nobody]

You really like the word blow

What @Runwildboys said.

 

[bb721]

What @Runwildboys said.

Yeah I’m not surprised that someone beat me to it, didn’t read through the whole thread.

 

[YosemiteSam]

This link has a couple of great images of Betelgeuse.

It says it's one of the largest stars we've found, and it is. That said, there are stars much bigger. VY Canis Majoris is several times larger and considerably more mass.

Here is an image that compares not only our Sun to VY Canis Majoris, but even the Earth's orbit around the Sun compared to the sheer size of VY Canis Majoris.

The Sun is just a small dot in comparison.

The Sun to the Earth is 93 million miles, so the full diameter is over twice that, yet the Earth's orbital circumference is only a small fraction of the size of VY Canis Majoris

 

[Runwildboys]

This link has a couple of great images of Betelgeuse.

It says it's one of the largest stars we've found, and it is. That said, there are stars much bigger. VY Canis Majoris is several times larger and considerably more mass.

Here is an image that compares not only our Sun to VY Canis Majoris, but even the Earth's orbit around the Sun compared to the sheer size of VY Canis Majoris.

The Sun is just a small dot in comparison.

The Sun to the Earth is 93 million miles, so the full diameter is over twice that, yet the Earth's orbital circumference is only a small fraction of the size of VY Canis Majoris

I feel smaller every day.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I feel smaller every day.

Because of what she said?

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

This link has a couple of great images of Betelgeuse.

It says it's one of the largest stars we've found, and it is. That said, there are stars much bigger. VY Canis Majoris is several times larger and considerably more mass.

Here is an image that compares not only our Sun to VY Canis Majoris, but even the Earth's orbit around the Sun compared to the sheer size of VY Canis Majoris.

The Sun is just a small dot in comparison.

The Sun to the Earth is 93 million miles, so the full diameter is over twice that, yet the Earth's orbital circumference is only a small fraction of the size of VY Canis Majoris

Smh, this stuff is just mind boggling.