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The famous star Betelgeuse will briefly disappear tonight (www.astronomy.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Nasa will be performing maintenance and Betelgeuse will be down between 8:24 P.M. and 8:26 P.M. EST. We apologize for the inconvenience."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That was yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Post meridian time zone people seeing 1am UTC events :/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse!

That makes it reappear, right?