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For this question, go to Student Exercises under Skyguide and Select F: The Stars. Click on F7: 'The Deaths of Stars', and step through the four exercises on stellar death. View the third exercise 'Death of high mass stars' to answer the following two questions.

Suppose the star Betelgeuse actually went supernova in the year 1600. In what year would we first see the light from that event? (You may need to zoom out to see Betelgeuse in your field of view).

Explanation / Answer

Betegeuse is approximately 430 light years away from the earth.

1 lightyear is the distance a beam of light travels in 1 year .

=> Betelgeuse went Supernova in the year 1600

and 430 light years would be the distance travelled by the light emitted by this star from itself to the Earth's surface in 430 years

=> 1600 + 430 = 2030 (approximately)

Hence , 2029 is the closest answer

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