From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Apr/24/2020 at 09:19, David Spain wrote :   
   > On 2020-04-23 7:22 PM, Alain Fournier wrote:   
   >> Betelgeuse luminosity is now reaching what it was at its most recent   
   >> luminosity high (March 2019) and the curve is not showing any sign of   
   >> slowing down. Still too early to be excited, but I think it is   
   >> worthwhile to monitor its luminosity.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Alain Fournier   
   >>   
   >   
   > Natch it is now passing into our daylight sky as summer approaches.   
   > If goes supernova we might see a bright spot in the daytime sky this   
   > summer. If it persists into next winter, THAT would be spectacular.   
   >   
   > Let's hope if it is heading this way it holds off for a few months!   
   > Personally I hope not. I like it they way it is....   
   >   
   > Dave   
      
   It has now crossed the sun and has survived :-) Its luminosity is on its   
   way down. It should be continuing to dim for several more months (but   
   who knows, it isn't really following the script any more) but it has   
   already reached its dimmest value of the 20 years prior to November 2019   
   (V-magnitude over 1), though still very far from the 1.8 magnitude of   
   earlier this year.   
      
   It is hard to tell from the few data points available, but its current   
   dimming cycle seems to be even more pronounced than the previous one at   
   the same point in the cycle. So it might dim to more than a 1.8   
   magnitude this time. Who knows? I still think it is about to go super   
   nova. On an astronomical time scale, that is within the next 100,000   
   years or so.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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