Thread: Sirius strobing
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Old 01-08-2010, 09:26 AM   #5
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Default Re: Sirius strobing

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Originally Posted by 5thElement View Post
Thanks Dan been wondering this myself.

Just out of curiousity - can this happen when viewing stars through a telescope. During the week of Christmas we were viewing Betelgeuse and it looked like a string of colored lights instead of single light. Very cool I must say (even it was just atmospheric disturbance)

El
I read somewhere ( think its google sky ??? ) Betelgeuse is actually a Supernova that could explode anytime now!!! ...been staring at Orion for years and years and "Bettlejuice" still looks the same!

LS
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