Star Goes Nova in Our Galaxy and No One Noticed

SUBMAN1 · 07-30-08, 10:39 AM

This could wipe you out rather quickly by the way if it were the super variety!

Anyway, I bet most people just passed off this extra light from the star as a nearby planet. That is what I would have done.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...tar-found.html

-S

UnderseaLcpl · 07-30-08, 01:18 PM

Cool stuff. I wish I had time to bring out the old telescope and admire it.

STEED · 07-30-08, 01:23 PM

You put a telescope out the window around here and you will have the cops kicking in your door and arresting you.

SUBMAN1 · 07-30-08, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

You put a telescope out the window around here and you will have the cops kicking in your door and arresting you.

You got to be kidding me? What kind of draconian country do you live in?

-S

Diopos · 07-30-08, 01:33 PM

Oh no. Not USNO-A2.0 0450-03360039! Just bought property there and it exploded!

BTW good post!

STEED · 07-30-08, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by STEED

You put a telescope out the window around here and you will have the cops kicking in your door and arresting you.

You got to be kidding me? What kind of draconian country do you live in?

-S

It has been known to happen.

Thats why if I spend the night skywards I will have my trump card........

Sir patrick moore from the TV series The Sky at Night.

Rhodes · 07-30-08, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Diopos

Oh no. Not USNO-A2.0 0450-03360039! Just bought property there and it exploded!

BTW good post!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Good one!

Blacklight · 07-30-08, 07:12 PM

It's been cloudy and rainy here all week. No chance of me seeing it anytime soon. I have a nice little telescope. I'll have to look up where the Puppis constellation is.

*Correction*
I will never see it directly. It's visible from the southern hemisphere only. All the cool space stuff happens in the southern hemisphere. I've rarely seen anything super exciting here in the north.

baggygreen · 07-30-08, 07:24 PM

its been too cold here to go out and stargaze... perfect atmospheric conditions for it but too cold.

Frame57 · 07-30-08, 09:24 PM

Isn't there a 'star registry' where you can actually have one names after you if you send em some money? But that would be my luck too, I would do that and "POOF" supernova time.

nikimcbee · 07-30-08, 09:29 PM

No one saw it because it was on PBS.:rotfl:

SUBMAN1 · 07-30-08, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

No one saw it because it was on PBS.:rotfl:

I like PBS!

They show cool programs like NOVA!

-S

nikimcbee · 07-30-08, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

No one saw it because it was on PBS.:rotfl:

I like PBS!

They show cool programs like NOVA!

-S

Sorry, bad joke.

I like NOVA to. But when I see shows like "oregon art beat", I can't believe my tax dollars are going to this.

baggygreen · 07-30-08, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

Isn't there a 'star registry' where you can actually have one names after you if you send em some money? But that would be my luck too, I would do that and "POOF" supernova time.

That was my fiancees christmas present last year.. a bit goofy really, but she liked it!

DemonTraitor · 07-31-08, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

Isn't there a 'star registry' where you can actually have one names after you if you send em some money? But that would be my luck too, I would do that and "POOF" supernova time.

I was going to do this for my partner, but the registration is not actually recognised by any astronomical body. You are basically paying for a piece of paper saying you named a star, but only you (and your partner, and friends and family etc) would actually know about it. It will never ever be referenced in any sky chart/map - all a bit of a con really

07-30-08, 10:39 AM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Star Goes Nova in Our Galaxy and No One Noticed This could wipe you out rather quickly by the way if it were the super variety! Anyway, I bet most people just passed off this extra light from the star as a nearby planet. That is what I would have done. http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...tar-found.html -S __________________

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UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool stuff. I wish I had time to bring out the old telescope and admire it. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	You put a telescope out the window around here and you will have the cops kicking in your door and arresting you. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Oh no. Not USNO-A2.0 0450-03360039! Just bought property there and it exploded! BTW good post! __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

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Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	It's been cloudy and rainy here all week. No chance of me seeing it anytime soon. I have a nice little telescope. I'll have to look up where the Puppis constellation is. Correction I will never see it directly. It's visible from the southern hemisphere only. All the cool space stuff happens in the southern hemisphere. I've rarely seen anything super exciting here in the north. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

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baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	its been too cold here to go out and stargaze... perfect atmospheric conditions for it but too cold.

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Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Isn't there a 'star registry' where you can actually have one names after you if you send em some money? But that would be my luck too, I would do that and "POOF" supernova time.

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	No one saw it because it was on PBS.:rotfl: __________________