Comments on: WR 104: A nearby gamma-ray burst?

By: Wednesday prawns | And Still I Persist

Wednesday prawns | And Still I Persist — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:00:46 +0000

[…] is, besides all the items below — here’s a little something to worry about. However, the Bad Astronomer weighed in on it about a year ago, and we’re all still […]

By: James Paige

James Paige — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:06:00 +0000

that is kinda scary… but less scary, overall, than say… what cholesterol might be doing to my arteries.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:55:08 +0000

Well,
In addition to the economy, our inevitable advancing age, the possibility of becoming ill, etc., now there’s WR 104. I say it’s time to break out the
prime rib,lobsters, fetuccine alfredo, calamari, lasagna, bolognese sauce, Arthur Avenue NYC bread, the best wines, cannoli, espresso, Sambuca,and hug those you love…… and as my mother used to say: “Whattaya gonna do?”

By: Lanulos

Lanulos — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:39:24 +0000

the idea would be to find that which exceeds the speed of light (that which simultaneously destroys sub-atomic particles) and develop a detector so the returning data would “race” the gammas back to us - BUT - how much warning time would that really give us - anyhow ???

By: mollwollfumble

mollwollfumble — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:32:33 +0000

Grant Hill’s paper is:
WR 104: Are We Looking Down The Gun Barrel of a Future GRB?
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting# 213,# 341.03, 2009.

A conclusion is that for WR 104 “the spectroscopy indicates a higher inclination than that of the imaging”.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:23:09 +0000

I thought Dr Grant Hill had established the beam to miss the earth with as much as 40 degrees on the AAS meeting? I read 0.0 degrees here…

By: falseProphet

falseProphet — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:51:16 +0000

Hmm lets’ see, if we can avoid gamma bursts, black holes, asteroid/comet impacts, earthquakes, volcanoes, sudden pole reversals/tilting, mega solar flares, galactic arm shock waves..and cancer, we still die anyway. Whew I feel better.