01-16-2012, 12:33 AM
At twilight, driving down a rural highway with two passengers. I look out the right window and see the Big Dipper, Pleiades, and Cassiopeia constellations. A star near the handle of the Big Dipper begins pulsing in intensity like a lighthouse or satellite flare. The pulses accelerate until, like a fluorescent bulb finally catching, the star blooms into a full blown nova. The luminuos circular disk grew until it was the size of a golfball held at arm's length.
Then it turned bright as daylight and I was worried about UV and XRAY radiation hitting us. I turned on the car radio and caught the end of a news segment about this nova, with the male reporter sternly stating, "...there's nothing, nothing we can do."
Then it turned bright as daylight and I was worried about UV and XRAY radiation hitting us. I turned on the car radio and caught the end of a news segment about this nova, with the male reporter sternly stating, "...there's nothing, nothing we can do."