> On 22 Dec 2014, at 9:33 am, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 1:51 AM, Pierz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Right. I've been looking into that and decided around 150ly would be about >> right for the effects he wants. > > WR-104 is 2 Wolf Rayet stars in a very tight orbit 8000 light years > away, normally that would be far too distant to cause the Earth any > trouble but there are indications that when it goes supernovae (or > more likely hyper-nova) it may produce a highly directional gamma Ray > Burst, and if it does we know from examining the orbits of the 2 stars > that the Earth would be very close to the center of the beam, and > although the burst would only last a few seconds it could cause a lot > of damage. Some think something similar happened during the > Ordovician–Silurian mass extinction 440 million years ago and have > started calling WR-104 The Deathstar. > > John K Clark >
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