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Jun 1 2010 12:15am
Holy fuck this would be so cool
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Jun 1 2010 02:23am
i like this
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Jun 1 2010 04:15am
any estimate on the length of time it would remain visible?
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Jun 1 2010 09:11am
Quote (ForsakenNz @ Jun 1 2010 10:15am)
any estimate on the length of time it would remain visible?


Apparently 6 weeks in the daylight.

I'd be awesome as hell to have two suns for over a month.
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Jun 1 2010 11:06am
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So it really happened like 640 years ago? And, were just now going to see the light from it?


A lot of the stars you can see at night are probably gone. The light is several thousands years old.

Btw this sounds awesome, i hope it aint bullshit.
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Jun 1 2010 01:03pm
would kinda suck if some alien civilization somewhere was gonna get owned by this :\
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Jun 1 2010 04:53pm
Quote (bogie160 @ Jun 1 2010 10:11am)
Apparently 6 weeks in the daylight.

I'd be awesome as hell to have two suns for over a month.


would be out at night (depending on where you live). betelgeuse is in orion constellation.
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Jun 1 2010 11:21pm
Hey! This story is bullshit! Its been getting passed around the internet for a few months and gained steam recently, and someone emailed a researcher at the observatory this rumor supposedly came from.

Whatup.

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Jun 2 2010 12:05am
Quote (Sioux @ Jun 1 2010 10:21pm)
Hey! This story is bullshit! Its been getting passed around the internet for a few months and gained steam recently, and someone emailed a researcher at the observatory this rumor supposedly came from.

Whatup.

http://i.imgur.com/tAJpy.png


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Jun 2 2010 12:17am
awww, I came here to debunk this. :(

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/01/is-betelgeuse-about-to-blow/

too bad, would be awesome.
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