--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of off_world_beings > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:23 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: A supernova a second > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0703/feature3/multimedia.html > > > > > > > > March 2007 National Geographic magazine: > > > > > > > > "Once a second somewhere in the universe a star explodes with > > the > > > > brilliance of an entire galaxy">>> > > > > > > I saw one. > > > No-one will believe this but, I saw one the day Doug Henning died. > > (I > > > should point out I had, and have, no sense of interest or > > connection to > > > Doug Henning or anything he did whatsoever...totally uninteresting > > to > > > me). On the day Doug Henning died, I walked out of the dome in the > > > evening, happened to look straight up, and I saw a bright point of > > > light come alive and then fade slowly over about 2-3 seconds. I > > > thought: "Wow, I just saw a supernova - amazing". I had studied > > > astronomy in-depth as a teenager, and I could think of nothing > > else > > > that would do that, so deep in the evening sky. It was like a > > silent > > > beacon from deep deep in the warmth of space, there was a warmth > > and > > > bliss to everything in those moments. And I thought, maybe I > > imagined > > > it, but I'll just check its position and see if there are any > > reports > > > in astronomy magazines. So I noted its position between Orion and > > > Casseoppeia. A few weeks later I was in a bookstore browsing, and > > > decided to look the position up, to see where it was. I was amazed > > to > > > find that the constellation it was in was Auriga (which I had > > forgotten > > > since my teenage studies), and further that Auriga meant "The > > > Charioteer", so I thought that was neat, because Maharishi had > > always > > > been going on about Brahman being the Charioteer. But further I > > looked > > > and then I discovered that within Auriga, right around the region > > where > > > I saw the supernova (or whatever it was) was a tiny constellation > > I had > > > never heard of called "the Magicians". How funny, since it was the > > day > > > Doug Henning died who was so close to Maharishi's heart. I don't > > know > > > the exact time Doug died or wether it coincided at all with me > > walking > > > out the dome around 6.45 - 7pm in the evening, but that is my > > story of > > > having seen (maybe) a supernova. > > > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > Cool story, but I don't think supernovae blow up and fizz out in a > > matter of > > > seconds. > > > > Not even one? In the whole wide entire universe? > > > > Not and be a supernova in the definition used by astronomers.>>
Yes they can. It is well known by astronomers that these can also happen. It is a different type of start and different energy of explosion. OffWorld
