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1207 Violent Betelgeuse (2)

Base star, Military Commission conference room.

A very detailed three-dimensional star map is suspended above the conference table, with Betelgeuse as the center of the circle, with a radius of 200 light years. It seems like a spherical shock wave of a shell contains most of the holographic star map, and the distance between the blue star and the shock wave below the star map is only a little short.

Xie Guohui from the National Astronomical Center pointed to the blue light star with a serious and almost stern expression and said: "According to our calculations, the distance between the shock wave and the blue light star is only thirty light years at most, and it may even be only over twenty light years."

Before the astronomical experts arrived, everyone made up for the astronomical knowledge related to Betelgeuse, so no one asked stupid common sense questions, but they all listened to the experts' explanations attentively.

"When Betelgeuse was discovered, it was already the final stage of a star that could explode into a supernova at any time. The astronomy community has always been speculating on the final time of Betelgeuse's last outbreak, but it did not expect that its real outbreak time was much earlier than everyone expected." Xie Guohui pushed the glasses on his nose and sighed involuntarily.

With the current medical level, no matter how serious the eye disease is, it can be completely cured. Even if the eyeball is completely necrotic, it can be replaced with a mechanical prosthetic eye. Glasses have completely become tools for shading and optional decoration.

However, Xie Guohui's glasses are unique. They allow this old expert to see the stars in the sky under the sun in the blue sky and sun, and to a certain extent, and it also has the function of stabilizing the image. In short, it is a portable multi-function small astronomical telescope.

This thing uses a lot of military technology, so it is expensive. Private purchase is definitely a fatal thing, so only the top astronomical experts will allocate resources by the state to allocate a pair.

Of course, he must be unable to see anything on the base star surrounded by nebula, so this old expert usually stays on the Blue Light Star, and it is completely an accident to invite him today.

After entering the cosmic era, the country invested astronomical funds and strength in astronomy research, but limited by technical level, astronomical research still requires the use of naked eyes and optical equipment for observation in most cases, so top astronomers are basically staying relatively safe and can see blue stars in the starry sky.

At the critical moment when the Republic expands into the universe, any top astronomer can be regarded as a national treasure. Among the four planets owned by the Republic, only the base star is the safest. If there is any unpredictable accident in the Blue Light Star, the strategic planning at the national level may be affected.

In order to resolve this contradiction, the Republic invested in the construction of the National Holographic Planetarium.

Here, you can call the star data information in the military database through the network for holographic restoration. You can also share it instantly with space telescopes placed in each colonial star, observe the real starry sky in an immersive way, and read the starry sky without leaving your home.

Professor Xie Guohui came back this time to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Holographic Planetarium. Unexpectedly, he happened to avoid the crisis of the Blue Light Star.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall and after establishing a holographic planetarium, he will no longer need to run to the distant blue light stars when studying the starry sky, nor will he have to separate from his family. It is safe and comfortable. It is too late to welcome such a good thing, so how could anyone be so stupid that he refuses?

Because of this, a large number of experts and scholars from the astronomy community, similar to Professor Xie's situation, rushed back to the base star in advance, and only a small number of people were stranded on the blue light star.

"Professor, I want to know how much impact Betelgeuse will have on the blue light star after becoming a supernova!" Xu Shijie raised his two sword eyebrows slightly, "You also know that there is more than 200 light-years between Blue Light Star and Betelgeuse. Although the explosion of the supernova is very powerful, after flying over such a long distance, the power should have been almost weakened. How could it still cause such a serious impact?"

Professor Xie said in a deep voice: "In the past, we believed that the impact range of a supernova explosion would not exceed one hundred light years, and the range that had a fatal impact on habitable planets was at most thirty light years. However, this data is based on speculation. After seeing the data of the stars detonated when attacking the sub-capital star, the calculated power range is 150 light years. We have reason to believe that the radius of power of a hundred light years in the past was a misunderstanding and underestimation of the power of a supernova explosion."

"According to current analysis data, how powerful will the explosion of a supernova be?" Xu Shijie couldn't help asking.

"It's very big." Professor Xie said with difficulty, "You may have heard that the sun has traveled in this galaxy bubble with a range of more than 300 light-years. Its current location is in this interstellar cloud with relatively dense matter in this galaxy bubble. According to previous research results, the reason for the formation of this galaxy bubble is the supernova explosion."

"That is to say, the power of a massive star explosion can reach more than 300 light-years, right?" Xu Shijie felt very distressed when he didn't say the key points, and he couldn't help asking again, "What about Betelgeuse?"

Professor Xie replied irresponsible: "The stars near the capital of Betelgeuse are much larger. All the data we currently have come from the observations of astronomical telescopes, which are all old almanacs hundreds of years ago. Using such data, it is impossible to calculate the accurate situation of Betelgeuse."

Speaking of this, the old professor pointed to the arc shock wave that was only a little distance away from the blue light star: "But from the actual situation, the mass of Betelgeuse is greater than our previous estimates, but there is no need to worry, the speed of the shock wave will not exceed the speed of light, so the blue light star will not be affected in less than ten or twenty years, and we have plenty of time to withdraw from the blue light star."

"Is this necessary?" Xu Shijie asked, "Professor, I don't doubt your professional qualities. Although the energy intensity of the shock wave is very dangerous at present, a warship accidentally entered the inner layer of the shock wave, but it quickly escaped without any damage. You also saw that the shock wave is more than 20 light years away from the blue light star. After passing more than 20 light years, the shock wave intensity will definitely decay much more than that of now. The blue light star is still a planet after all, and its protection will not be worse than that of a warship, right?"

Professor Xie sighed heavily: "The magnetic field of a planet can indeed bring strong protection to the planet. In fact, the parent star of the blue light star, the large blue star, also has a very powerful magnetic field, which can provide a stronger magnetic field protection for the entire galaxy. The dual magnetic field protection can make the threat of shock waves to blue light stars much stronger than the armor of a single warship, but this does not mean that the blue light stars do not need to be relocated." (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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