Snap: Simulation of what the surface of the star Betelgeuse might look like to the human eye posted by YourTaxGuy
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  • Urmel (edited 8 years ago)
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    Very fascinating.

    I found the text accompanying the youtube submission quite helpful to understand the simulation:

    The intensity movies show the star approximately as it might appear to the human eye (In detail: The emergent bolometric surface intensity is color coded with the standard "red-heat" table, to get a color representation adequate for a red supergiant.). The "boiling" surface of the star shows irregular hot (white or yellow) and "cool" (red or dark-red) areas. They change their intensity and shape on time-scales of months.

    Credit: Dr. Bernd Freytag; Centre de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon - Ecole Normale Supérieure; CRAL-ENS

    Category: Science & Technology; License: Standard YouTube License

    Edit: typo

    8 years ago
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