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    Waiting for Betelgeuse: what’s up with the tempestuous star?

    December 29, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Betelgeuse, versus the stars of the Winter Hexagon with annotated magnitudes (note: this was taken prior to the current dimming event). Credit: Steve Brown.

    Have you noticed that Orion the Hunter—one of the most iconic and familiar of the wintertime constellations—is looking a little… different as of late? The culprit is its upper shoulder star Alpha Orionis, aka Betelgeuse, which is looking markedly faint, the faintest it has been for the 21st century.

    When will this nearby supernova candidate pop, and what would look like if it did?

    The story starts, as all good astronomy and space stories seem to, on Friday night going into a holiday weekend...

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