
For Ludwig’s Monday Window Challenge. I was stargazing last night, something I like to do whenever the weather permits. Just before true dark I spied Venus continuing her path through Aries, and Rigel burning brightly at the base of Orion. Then my eyes wandered to the dimming specter of Betelgeuse the red star on Orion’s shoulder.
“The rain will come, and the seeds will sprout, for the dark is the soil in which they grow, and it is the clouds above them, and it waits behind the star that gives them light. The dark’s patience is infinite. Eventually, even stars burn out.” –Matthew Stover – Revenge of the Sith
Lament of a Star
Lavender skies above me
in the window between
dusk and dark
Venus shines brightly
Rigel lovingly winks
while Betelgeuse breathes
his last
Starry, Starry Night — Don McLean
Til next time ~Peace ~JPP
Nice view through the window. But now you got me wondering (astronomy was my first love). Will we be privileged to see the death throws of Betelgeuse?
Thank you!
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Thank you Ludwig. I hope we are. They say the supernova will be bright enough to cast shadows at night. Everything I’ve read says it will supernova but no one knows when.
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… and goes out with a bang, but probably not in our lifetime 🙂
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probably not, sigh….
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My feelings too
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