Betelgeuse's 'Great Dimming' had an unlikely observer: a Japanese weather satellite
Japan's Himawari-8 weather satellite serendipitously captured the dramatic changes in brightness of Orion's red supergiant star in 2019-2020.
Source: space.com
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Japan's Himawari-8 weather satellite serendipitously captured the dramatic changes in brightness of Orion's red supergiant star in 2019-2020.
Have you been looking up during lockdown? Or maybe it’s been years since you stood transfixed by a starry sky. Asia has a reputation for being domed in neon lights, but in its remote corners, and in the wider Asia-Pacific region, there exists plenty of true darkness at night. Sure, Hong Kong and coastal China are heavily light-polluted, but check...