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Old 22-07-2012, 07:34 PM
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Hi, I have a stupid question that i've been thinking about for a while. My question is:
What would happen if you were observing a red giant star such as betelguese, Antares or eta carina, and the star suddenly went nova in the eyepiece?
You might get invited to appear on a morning show? Or maybe endorse some astro product? If that happens to you, buy a lottery ticket!

I think the brightness increase to its peak takes days. AFAIK, novae/supernovae are usually detected by comparison of before and after images.

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