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Betelgeuse Is Still Dimming! And We Have the Pictures to Prove It
Near the end of 2019, astronomers watching the red giant Betelgeuse noted how much the star had dimmed, continuing to steadily fade for months. It’s a variable star, and it’s known to get dimmer and brighter, but the big surprise is that it’s still continuing to dim, recently passing magnitude 1.56 and still getting dimmer. This is unprecedented in the decades that astronomers have been watching the star. The world’s biggest telescopes are on the case, and the European Southern Observatory released dramatic new images of Betelguese, resolving features on the star’s surface and surrounding area showing how it’s dramatically changed over the course of 2019. Our Book is out! https://ift.tt/2KSgZDd Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://ift.tt/2t1SRE3 RSS: https://ift.tt/2sQXQIu Weekly email newsletter: https://ift.tt/2FmI9wC Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg Support us at https://ift.tt/1csLRpE More stories at https://ift.tt/2nDj081 Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://ift.tt/1D3vp4S Instagram - https://ift.tt/320DsDH Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msVuCEs8Ydo https://twitter.com/betelbot/status/1228395402245890048 https://ift.tt/2SqBWbU https://ift.tt/2q1INKQ https://ift.tt/2uXvDng https://ift.tt/2HqhKkq https://ift.tt/2HmzJYP https://ift.tt/2HqbeKp https://ift.tt/3267QxW
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