CosmicRami on Nostr: Remember when our fav red supergiant that refuses to go supernova dimmed in 19-20? ...

Remember when our fav red supergiant that refuses to go supernova dimmed in 19-20?

Well now, another colossal star - RW Cephei - has been caught in the act, dimming significantly (1/3 brightness!) likely caused by an eruption of gas that cooled to dust. 👀

I know lots of folks don’t want Betelgeuse to go supernova because it would ruin Orion - a constellation that humans have observed since the beginning times, and I feel this too.

But I *need* a ‘local’ supernova in my lifetime.

So RW Cephei will do. Also, hurry TF up Eta Carinae. We’re waiting.

📸 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ace59d/meta

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