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Old 20-November-2006, 11:28 AM
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Here is a paper about a star that Spitzer has observed that looks quite similar to the star (and environs) that turned into SN1987a.
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How much time left on the fuse?
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It is very hard to know how much longer. It could be years, it could be millenia.
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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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If it were 7 LYs away it would be more than interesting :-)
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Hmmm...100x brighter than the full moon, but with consequences exceeding the "interesting" level. Fortunately, no sn candidates are close.
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It is very hard to know how much longer. It could be years, it could be millenia.
Hi, Thanks for the link. It is a most interesting paper.
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