Betelgeuse Is Set to Almost Disappear. Here's How to See It Happen.

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Now, scientists are predicting it will almost disappear from view altogether, albeit briefly, on December 12.
Scientists predict a passing asteroid named 319 Leona will block Betelgeuse's view from Earth for up to five seconds – in the same way as the moon eclipses the sun.
- Check your local time zones. It's Dec 11th for many. I think about 8pm Dec 11 for EST Americas
This feels very clickbait lol, thought we somehow knew it was about to go off in a human timescale instead of an astronomical one
- This is talking about an occultation of betelgeuse (happening next week) not the impending supernova of betelgeuse (could be tomorrow could be 10,000 years from now).
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Were any videos posted of this event? The live stream was canceled due to cloud coverage.

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