How interesting. This baby is only 7,000 lyrs away. If it blows and is equal to 1987A in peak brightness, it will appear 10x brighter than Sirius.

[At the moment, it would be more interesting if it were in Gemini and <1,000 lyrs. away. ]

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.