CosmicRami on Nostr: Remember when our fav red supergiant that refuses to go supernova dimmed in 19-20? ...
Remember when our fav red supergiant that refuses to go supernova dimmed in 19-20?
Well now, another colossal star - RW Cephei - has been caught in the act, dimming significantly (1/3 brightness!) likely caused by an eruption of gas that cooled to dust. 👀
I know lots of folks don’t want Betelgeuse to go supernova because it would ruin Orion - a constellation that humans have observed since the beginning times, and I feel this too.
But I *need* a ‘local’ supernova in my lifetime.
So RW Cephei will do. Also, hurry TF up Eta Carinae. We’re waiting.
📸 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ace59d/meta
#Astronomy #Astrodon #Supernova #Supergiant
Well now, another colossal star - RW Cephei - has been caught in the act, dimming significantly (1/3 brightness!) likely caused by an eruption of gas that cooled to dust. 👀
I know lots of folks don’t want Betelgeuse to go supernova because it would ruin Orion - a constellation that humans have observed since the beginning times, and I feel this too.
But I *need* a ‘local’ supernova in my lifetime.
So RW Cephei will do. Also, hurry TF up Eta Carinae. We’re waiting.
📸 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ace59d/meta
#Astronomy #Astrodon #Supernova #Supergiant