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🔭 What Will the Betelgeuse Supernova Be Like - And Will It Hurt Us?
—Universe Today

「 It will be visible during the day. It will be brighter than any planet. It will be almost as bright as the full moon. You'll be able to read a book by the light of the Betelgeuse supernova at midnight 」

universetoday.com/articles/wha

Artist’s conception of a red giant star. Credit: Royal Astronomical Society/ ESO/ L. Calçada.
Universe TodayWhat Will the Betelgeuse Supernova Be Like - And Will It Hurt Us?When Beetlejuice goes off, it's going to be the show of a lifetime. But it’s not going to hurt us.

🔭 Clearest-Ever Image of Betelgeuse Reveals Mysteries of the Red Giant (Video) | @Spacecom

「 Betelgeuse is located just 600 light-years from Earth, and it will shortly, astronomically speaking, create a stunning supernova that will be visible on Earth, even in broad daylight 」

space.com/37344-alma-captures-

Space · Clearest-Ever Image of Betelgeuse Reveals Mysteries of the Red Giant (Video)By Doris Elin Urrutia

South West Water have announced that "We will lift the #HosepipeBan in #Cornwall & Upper Tamar on 25th September"

west-devon.info/2023/08/south-

The @BBC_News_Labs quote yours truly as saying:

"I’m very pleased it’s been lifted at long last but I don’t understand why it’s taken so long."

Also according to Prof. Liz Bentley of the Royal Meteorological Society:

"Our #climate has changed, it’s become wetter, it’s also become warmer and sunnier"