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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3999207, member: 27832&quot;]Okay, okay, there <i>are</i> some advantages to living in the greater NYC area. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as supernova observations, though, I think the equipment I was reading about was one or two new <i>neutrino</i> observatories, due to come on line sometime this decade. Neutrinos are really hard to observe because they hardly interact with normal matter at all -- but that also means they&#039;re the first signal we get from a supernova, appearing hours before the first visible light bursts past the star&#039;s former surface. With new detectors, we&#039;ll be able to tell more about what kind of neutrinos they are, and maybe even tell what direction they&#039;re coming from.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the <i>size</i> of the burst we&#039;d see from Betelgeuse, though, there won&#039;t be much question about where it&#039;s coming from. That&#039;ll give astronomers <i>hours</i> to train every other instrument on Betelgeuse, getting our first detailed observations of what a supernova looks like <i>as it starts</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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