Comments on: Smells like Comet Dust http://moon-town.com/comic/smells-like-comet-dust/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:18:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Og http://moon-town.com/comic/smells-like-comet-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Og Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:48 +0000 http://moon-town.com/comic/?p=823#comment-1950 If that's true, it means Betelgeuse went nova 600 years ago, and what we are seeing are the final, dying rays of a dead sun. That is VERY interesting. As for the Orionids - you didn't read the rest of the article. Go read again. :) Hint- it's good news for The Southern Hemisphere... If that’s true, it means Betelgeuse went nova 600 years ago, and what we are seeing are the final, dying rays of a dead sun. That is VERY interesting.

As for the Orionids – you didn’t read the rest of the article. Go read again. :) Hint- it’s good news for The Southern Hemisphere…

]]> By: flawedprefect http://moon-town.com/comic/smells-like-comet-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 flawedprefect Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:39:48 +0000 http://moon-town.com/comic/?p=823#comment-1946 Here's an interesting astronomical bit o' trivia: Did you know that Betelgeuse will go super (if not hyper) nova in our life time? If it's up in the sky during the day, you'll see it, bright and clear. It will then fade to a bright smudge of nebulous funkiness. And this is 600 Lightyears away. Bugger - only the northern hemisphere, eh? :( Here’s an interesting astronomical bit o’ trivia: Did you know that Betelgeuse will go super (if not hyper) nova in our life time? If it’s up in the sky during the day, you’ll see it, bright and clear. It will then fade to a bright smudge of nebulous funkiness. And this is 600 Lightyears away.

Bugger – only the northern hemisphere, eh? :(

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