by kovil » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:43 am
Does anyone still remember eta Carinae ?
It is at an estimated 7500 light years ?
But it is an estimated 100+ solar masses, maybe 150.
That will be one really big bang, and the neutrino shower should be amazing,
and it may already have nova-ed . gone nova.
16 march 2006 apod
A regular 1a nova at 55 light years would be most visible and I'd personally love to see it! I remember comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 , I was on my way to Nevada and at Walker Lake, near Hawthorne, it was so dark and the comet so bright !!! An event of a lifetime, and completely serendipitous.
Does anyone still remember eta Carinae ?
It is at an estimated 7500 light years ?
But it is an estimated 100+ solar masses, maybe 150.
That will be one really big bang, and the neutrino shower should be amazing,
and it may already have nova-ed . gone nova.
16 march 2006 apod
A regular 1a nova at 55 light years would be most visible and I'd personally love to see it! I remember comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 , I was on my way to Nevada and at Walker Lake, near Hawthorne, it was so dark and the comet so bright !!! An event of a lifetime, and completely serendipitous.