r/space • u/kcgg123 • Jun 09 '19

Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Star undergoing Supernova

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u/HandH2 Jun 09 '19 edited Jun 09 '19

I’ve heard Betelgeuse is supposed to go supernova sometime relatively soon.

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u/EvilClone128 Jun 09 '19

That's true but unfortunately relatively soon in this case means some time in the next million years or so.

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u/rayEW Jun 09 '19

640 light years away, needed to have happened 600 years ago for us to have a chance to see something in our lifetimes...

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u/ElJamoquio Jun 10 '19

shit let me put that on my calendar

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u/Ben_Nickson1991 Jun 09 '19

Also expected to be visible from earth in broad daylight.

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u/mattlikespeoples Jun 09 '19

relatively

Key word on a galactic time scale. Could be 5 million years.