It is possible that Betelgeuse will become a supernova, which will be the brightest ever recorded, outshining the Moon in the night sky. Considering its size and age of 8.5 million years, old for its size class, it may explode within the next thousand years. Since its rotational axis is not toward the Earth, Betelgeuse's supernova will not cause a gamma ray burst in the direction of Earth large enough to damage its ecosystems.
Nobel Laureate Charles Townes announced evidence that 15 consecutive years of stellar contraction has been observed by UC Berkeley's Infrared Spatial Interferometer (ISI) atop Mt. Wilson Observatory in Southern California. Reported on June 9, 2009, the star has shrunk 15% since 1993 with an increasing rate. The average speed at which the radius of the star is shrinking over the last 15 years is approximately 210–219 m/s (470–490 miles per hour)
According to the university, Betelgeuse's radius is about 5.5 Astronomical Units, and the star's radius has shrunk by a distance equal to half an astronomical unit, or about the orbit of Venus. Some theorists have speculated that this behavior is expected for a star at the beginning of the gravitational collapse at the end of its life. The mass of Betelgeuse puts it in range to become a neutron star or possibly a black hole.
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Odin and Sleipnir - John Bauer
Juan de Valdés Leal , XVII century
Johannes Kepler
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Man on Pentagram
From Mazzaroth to Moksha
From There To Here
Thunder Prey
"Sábios na adivinhação pelas entranhas, penas,
e chamas, mandou a rica Galécia seus jovens,
que agora ululam as canções bárbaras de sua língua,
pisoteando a terra batida, a pés alternados,
e acompanhando o feliz número com os seus escudos ressoantes"
in Punica, livro III, 344-7 Sílio Itálico
e chamas, mandou a rica Galécia seus jovens,
que agora ululam as canções bárbaras de sua língua,
pisoteando a terra batida, a pés alternados,
e acompanhando o feliz número com os seus escudos ressoantes"
in Punica, livro III, 344-7 Sílio Itálico
To listen To
To Watch For
To See To
To Read To
And the Sea-Peak's Sleipnir slitteth
The stormy breast rain-driven,
The wave, with red stain running
Out of white Rán's mouth.
The stern snow-wind has thrust out
With streght, the ship from landward:
The Swan-Land's steed sees Iceland
Into the surf receding.
Many a stiff rowlock straineth,
And the noisy Strand of Fish-Gear,
The Sea, lands o'ercometh:
Men's hands oft span the stays.
The gray Isle-Fetter urges
Heiti's raven-ship onward;
Gold beaks the fleet ships carry:
Rich that faring to the Chieftain.
The Isle-Rim autumn chilly
Impels the dock´s cold snowshoe.
The cool land's Surging-Girdle
Before the breaks springs asunder.
They say nine brides of skerries
Swiftly move the Sea-Churn
(...)
in The Prose Edda
The stormy breast rain-driven,
The wave, with red stain running
Out of white Rán's mouth.
The stern snow-wind has thrust out
With streght, the ship from landward:
The Swan-Land's steed sees Iceland
Into the surf receding.
Many a stiff rowlock straineth,
And the noisy Strand of Fish-Gear,
The Sea, lands o'ercometh:
Men's hands oft span the stays.
The gray Isle-Fetter urges
Heiti's raven-ship onward;
Gold beaks the fleet ships carry:
Rich that faring to the Chieftain.
The Isle-Rim autumn chilly
Impels the dock´s cold snowshoe.
The cool land's Surging-Girdle
Before the breaks springs asunder.
They say nine brides of skerries
Swiftly move the Sea-Churn
(...)
in The Prose Edda
Odin and Sleipnir - John Bauer
Finis Gloriae Mundi
Juan de Valdés Leal , XVII century
Harmonices Mundi
Johannes Kepler
- "And if longing seizes you for sailing the stormy seas,
- when the Pleiades flee mighty Orion
- and plunge into the misty deep
- and all the gusty winds are raging,
- then do not keep your ship on the wine-dark sea
- but, as I bid you, remember to work the land."
Hesíodo: Os Trabalhos e os Dias 618-23
De Occulta Philosophia Libri Tres
Man on Pentagram
मोक्ष
What we cannot speak about, we must pass over in silence.
