220 Million light years from Earth.....(and with the current price of gasoline that trip would be about a trillion zillion dollars, unless of course you are a graduate student at the University of Texas named Robert Quimby....who somehow spotted this supernova superstar....about six months ago).... A REALLY BIG STAR EXPLODED.
The exploding star is called SN 2006gy....and is regarded as the brightest supernova ever discovered. The star is, or was, located in the NGC 1260 galaxy and is, or was, so powerful that it is, or was, brighter than it's galaxy.
Please note that a supernova is a star that has exploded and is thus......dead. Of course it's a death that will be visible for thousands of years.
Apparently we have a star in our galaxy called Eta Carine that is the largest star in the Milky Way and if it exploded we, without telescopes, would be able to see it in the daytime. It would be about a tenth as bright as a full moon.
Why they think Eta Carine will explode....is another entire question. Somehow the explosion of SN 2006gy is making the science nerds rethink their positions on the fate of Eta Carine.
The exploding star is called SN 2006gy....and is regarded as the brightest supernova ever discovered. The star is, or was, located in the NGC 1260 galaxy and is, or was, so powerful that it is, or was, brighter than it's galaxy.
Please note that a supernova is a star that has exploded and is thus......dead. Of course it's a death that will be visible for thousands of years.
Apparently we have a star in our galaxy called Eta Carine that is the largest star in the Milky Way and if it exploded we, without telescopes, would be able to see it in the daytime. It would be about a tenth as bright as a full moon.
Why they think Eta Carine will explode....is another entire question. Somehow the explosion of SN 2006gy is making the science nerds rethink their positions on the fate of Eta Carine.
AND BY THE WAY, IN CASE IT SLIPPED YOUR MIND......THE MILKY WAY, our galaxy, HAS 400 BILLION STARS.....concentrate on that number for a few minutes, and then think about....
THE FATE OF ETA CARINE
I THINK THERE'S A SONG THERE.... OR AT THE VERY LEAST A POEM
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MICHAEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY
THE FATE OF ETA CARINE
I THINK THERE'S A SONG THERE.... OR AT THE VERY LEAST A POEM
PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE I ATTEMPT TO CREATE A LITTLE DIDDY YOU CAN GO TO MY IMPORTANT SITES SHOWN TO THE RIGHT AND CLICK ON MY FIRST VIDEO. youtube/mindjazz1
MICHAEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY
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Did you know...
That supernovae are the main source of all elements larger thatn oxygen? Most of the material in our bodies... like the calcium in our bones, originated in a supernovae... stars like the sun make some, but it is relativly insignificant.
And! there is a supernovae in our galaxy every 50 days.
seamus
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