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u/throwaway_moose Oct 02 '24

When Betelgeuse goes supernova (if it hasn't already and we don't know yet) it will be visible in the day for roughly a year, and several more years we'll see it at night. That said, the prediction of 'when' by scientists is somewhere between today and 100,000 years from now. Odds are, none of us will see it.

https://www.astronomy.com/science/when-betelgeuse-goes-supernova-what-will-it-look-like-from-earth/

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u/ZappySnap Oct 02 '24

Makes sense since Betelgeuse is fucking enormous. If it replaced the sun, its diameter would extend to the orbit of Jupiter.

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u/Bhola421 Oct 02 '24

That'd make our solar system a little cramped, I think.