Well I happen to know someone with a bachelor degree in astrophysics if that's any help. And the first and most crucial question is, how close is the SN to Earth?
Actually I would think a supernova *could* cause aurorae? Indeed if within about 20 light years it could strip the ozone layer I think... Not wishing to disrespect him, but couldn't he have got at least a reasonable idea from internet searches? Wikipedia has a mini-essay on the subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_supernova On 20 December 2014 at 00:48, Pierz <[email protected]> wrote: > > So a close friend of mine is a novelist whose latest book has a supernova > in it. It's not a sci fi novel and the supernova is really quite secondary > but provides a nice backdrop to the literary main fare. I've read the > manuscript and though I'm no astrophysicist I can see his science is full > of glaring flaws - for example the star causes an aurora! And gamma ray > headaches... Anyway he needs an astrophysicist or similar to help him with > these details and I said I'd ask on here if anyone would be prepared to > help. He's a full time author and a serious writer. His last novel has been > translated into several languages and was long listed for Australia's > biggest literary award, the Miles Franklin. So you wouldn't be helping some > mug with an unpublishable manuscript. The book is good. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
