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By *esthetic21 OP   Man
35 weeks ago

Birmingham/Bristol

Basically it's gonna explode and we're gonna die

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By *ellhungvweMan
35 weeks ago

Cheltenham

It would be amazing to see. It is too far away to actually cause us harm but it would shine really brightly for months - it would be like a second moon.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
35 weeks ago

in Lancashire

When..?

I'm just about to plant some spring onions, shall I hold off?

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By *WINGStars23Couple
35 weeks ago

Northwest

I'd plant your onions.

Never enjoyed the movie though.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
35 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

We are going to die sometime rather it be from an exploding Star than some crazy russian bastard with a nuke.

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By *ohn.Wick.Man
35 weeks ago

The Continental

Can I stop it by calling his name 3 times

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By *ark73XXXMan
35 weeks ago

North Staffs/South Cheshire

It’s 624 light years away and may explode in 100,000 years

I’m terrified

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By *ools and the brainCouple
35 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.


"Can I stop it by calling his name 3 times"

You can but if you do batman appears.

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By *ittlebirdWoman
35 weeks ago

The Big Smoke


"Basically it's gonna explode and we're gonna die"

Ah well…

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By *esthetic21 OP   Man
35 weeks ago

Birmingham/Bristol


"It’s 624 light years away and may explode in 100,000 years

I’m terrified "

nah its stared acting up could happen alot sooner

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By *ark73XXXMan
35 weeks ago

North Staffs/South Cheshire


"It’s 624 light years away and may explode in 100,000 years

I’m terrified nah its stared acting up could happen alot sooner"

But it could have blown up 623 years ago and we’d still not know about it

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
35 weeks ago

Reading


"It’s 624 light years away and may explode in 100,000 years

I’m terrified "

I'll probably be dead.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
35 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.


"It’s 624 light years away and may explode in 100,000 years

I’m terrified nah its stared acting up could happen alot sooner

But it could have blown up 623 years ago and we’d still not know about it "

Doesn't work like that.

A light year is a distance in travel not time

Or just under 5.9 trillion miles x that by 624 I think we'll be ok for a while yet.

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By *ansoffateMan
35 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

Awesome... When?

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
35 weeks ago

in Lancashire


"I'd plant your onions.

Never enjoyed the movie though."

Nor I, found the dialogue a bit repetitive..

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By *lubchuckerMan
35 weeks ago

Oxfordshire

Even if it exploded/imploded this very minute we wouldn't live long enough to see the event. At a distance of 624 light years away from Earth we wouldn't live long enough to see it in all its magnificence as it would take 624 years for the light from the flash to reach us.

I remember Sir Patrick Moore getting quite excited about this years ago and explaining what we would actually see, nothing at all.

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By *ex HolesMan
35 weeks ago

Up North

I hope the organisers of this event plan it for when it’s not raining

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
35 weeks ago

Stockport


"It’s 624 light years away and may explode in 100,000 years

I’m terrified nah its stared acting up could happen alot sooner

But it could have blown up 623 years ago and we’d still not know about it

Doesn't work like that.

A light year is a distance in travel not time

Or just under 5.9 trillion miles x that by 624 I think we'll be ok for a while yet."

Well a light year is _both_ a distance and a time. It's the distance that light travels in one year, but the alternative way of considering it is that if we look at an object 1 light year away the light from it has taken a year to reach us so we are actually seeing it as it was a year ago. When we look at Betelgeuse we see the light that started towards us 624 years ago, the "present" we see is Betelgeuse 624 years in the past.

So Betelgeuse _could_ have exploded at some time during the last 624 years, it may have already happened, we just don't know about it yet.

The same is true for everything we see in the night skies, the further away things are, the further in the past we see them. What we see is not happening now, it has already happened - years, centuries, millenia, eons ago. The light from the stars is travelling through time, from the distant past to our current day...

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago


"It’s 624 light years away and may explode in 100,000 years

I’m terrified nah its stared acting up could happen alot sooner

But it could have blown up 623 years ago and we’d still not know about it

Doesn't work like that.

A light year is a distance in travel not time

……."

….. isn’t it both?

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago

Already answered above. Thank you.

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago


"Basically it's gonna explode and we're gonna die"

Does this mean I don't need to bother getting "summer ready"?

Thank fuck for that.

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By (user no longer on site)
35 weeks ago


"Basically it's gonna explode and we're gonna die

Does this mean I don't need to bother getting "summer ready"?

Thank fuck for that. "

You should be summer ready all year around, it's always summer somewhere! Get like a girl guide and be prepared!

;-)

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