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BeepBlipBlapBloop t1_j25d53f wrote

The chances of that happening in the next 100 years are very small.

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NorthernViews t1_j25mpat wrote

Unfortunately you’re right. It will probably explode in the next 500,000+ years, and I wish we were wrong in our estimates so maybe we could witness it, but it won’t happen. Universal time scales are too large.

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Raspberries-Are-Evil t1_j25n87a wrote

Last visible recorded was about 1,100 years ago.

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[deleted] t1_j25qhfn wrote

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AriochQ t1_j25r7x0 wrote

I think they were probably referring to visible with the naked eye.

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[deleted] t1_j25re6p wrote

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AriochQ t1_j25t7ah wrote

Kepler’s Supernova was 1604. He is probably referring to the one from Chinese records in 185 A.D. EDIT: there are also a few from around 1000 AD that we’re visible to the naked eye.

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Open-Alternative-979 t1_j25ueyj wrote

Can’t believe I got downvoted for this lol. 1987 people. February 1987 holy shit. A world were people are out on blast for being correct is a weird world to live it

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Assassin_by_Birth t1_j25ny8p wrote

Plot twist, it explodes tomorrow (or yesteryear however long ago it would take for the light to reach us)

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punknothing t1_j25nm6h wrote

It might have already nova'd, but we won't know for sure for another ~642.5 years. ;)

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tempejkl OP t1_j25ejh3 wrote

Oh ok, thanks for the answer though.

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NephalemPride t1_j25fyew wrote

Very small doesn't really do it justice. I think infinitesimally slim comes closer

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iCantPauseItsOnline t1_j25nj5k wrote

Do you understand your headline title question and then the text specifying a 100-year timescale are two completely different questions?

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Seanspeed t1_j25tm2c wrote

It's not a problem at all for anybody who does the reasonable thing and reads the OP before responding.

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ImNoAlbertFeinstein t1_j25u503 wrote

would we get irradiated ..if and when the supernova appeared ?

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BeepBlipBlapBloop t1_j25ut16 wrote

No. But it'd be bright enough that we could see it in the sky during the day and it would be the brightest object in the night sky.

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meinblown t1_j25t662 wrote

The chances of it not happening in the next 100 years are very small as well.

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BeepBlipBlapBloop t1_j25ts7u wrote

The chances of it not happening are enormous.

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KorgX3 t1_j25wybp wrote

This chances of it never happening are possibly higher.

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