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Any projected collapse time frame they can predict yet?

I'm more worried about the "it'll become hard to see" thing.

Any projected collapse time frame they can predict yet?

My thoughts exactly. =P

Any projected collapse time frame they can predict yet?

My thoughts exactly. =P

 

As soon as I have one, I'll post it here - A star exploding is a once in a lifetime thing, I'm happy to stay up all night to see it.

 

I'm more worried about the "it'll become hard to see" thing.

 

Confused face. Elaborate?

“It goes bang, it explodes, it lights up," Carter said. "We'll have incredible brightness for a brief period of time for a couple of weeks and then over the coming months it begins to fade and then eventually it will be very hard to see at all.”

 

It sounds like the sudden prolonged increase in brightness is going to mess up humanity's eyesight.

“It goes bang, it explodes, it lights up," Carter said. "We'll have incredible brightness for a brief period of time for a couple of weeks and then over the coming months it begins to fade and then eventually it will be very hard to see at all.”

 

It sounds like the sudden prolonged increase in brightness is going to mess up humanity's eyesight.

 

Eh, we'll adjust as it gradually goes back to normal. Day and night sunglasses for a few months is worth it for a binary planet.

Pfft, I'm sure this Beetlejuice fellow won't go off in our lifetimes, so whatever.

 

Earth wouldn't be a binary planet; we'd be a binary planet if the moon was bigger, and the two revolved around each other. We would have two 'suns' for a little bit.

 

Which would be insanely awesome -- especially the initial explosion. It'd flash, and suddenly it'd become daytime. You'd need UV glasses to look at it though, but that'd be fine, really.

I read another source that said it won't be that bad... also that we've probably got a few million years. So I guess your ghost will have a pretty cool light show.

“It goes bang, it explodes, it lights up," Carter said. "We'll have incredible brightness for a brief period of time for a couple of weeks and then over the coming months it begins to fade and then eventually it will be very hard to see at all.”

 

It sounds like the sudden prolonged increase in brightness is going to mess up humanity's eyesight.

I think that he means Betelgeuse itself will be very hard to see, since it would have in fact exploded and there wouldn't be a star there anymore. I read an article on this and they stated that such an event would not actually have any bad consiquences besides some extra sunlight. Of course, if you stare directly at it for too long... that would be another story.

 

As for weeks of endless sunlight... hello Alaskan summer. You see, when you get far enough north (above the arctic circle, i believe) the sun doesn't actually set during the summer. (Similarly, it doesn't rise in the winter, which is like a total bummer)

 

Sounds interesting ^^ I'm in. Finally I'll have an excuse to sleep any time I want

I'll bet that when it happens, you'll have fools running around screaming "APOCALYPSE!"

I'll bet that when it happens, you'll have fools running around screaming "APOCALYPSE!"

We'll already have that next year

I'll bet that when it happens, you'll have fools running around screaming "APOCALYPSE!"

We'll already have that next year

 

And there will likely be more between next year and when we get the light from Betelgeuse's supernova.

I think that he means Betelgeuse itself will be very hard to see, since it would have in fact exploded and there wouldn't be a star there anymore.

... ahaha wow am I the derpiest or what

 

CARRY ON THEN

Assuming this doesn't take place millions of years from now, I'm guessing this star is opposite of Sol? Because if it weren't then there'd be night-time during the period which neither Sol nor the star's light reaches the blind side of the planet.

 

Either way, I'd be less worried about losing sleep and more worried about the gamma rays, x-rays, and all the particularly nasty rays and radiation that happens when things like this happen. I like my skin; having it cooked or becoming cancerous all over isn't something I'm looking forward to.

Either way, I'd be less worried about losing sleep and more worried about the gamma rays, x-rays, and all the particularly nasty rays and radiation that happens when things like this happen. I like my skin; having it cooked or becoming cancerous all over isn't something I'm looking forward to.

I've heard that it's just going to give off harmless (if not beneficial) neutrinos.

Either way, I'd be less worried about losing sleep and more worried about the gamma rays, x-rays, and all the particularly nasty rays and radiation that happens when things like this happen. I like my skin; having it cooked or becoming cancerous all over isn't something I'm looking forward to.

I've heard that it's just going to give off harmless (if not beneficial) neutrinos.

I suppose the more dangerous radiation would be near-unnoticable by the time they arrive, what with exponential decay and all.

 

I foresee a boom in production of those weird eye mask things you see people sleeping in in movies.