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Is Betelgeuse faint? Dear Colleagues, There have been a domestic "breaking news" stating that Betelgeuse is extremely faint. I received this news both electronically and by a snail mail. The news tells that the star is the *faintest* in the past decade. The news has been widely relayed throughout the astronomical community in this country, and is becoming "a big news" -- just like a naked-eye discovery of a bright nova -- some people indeed confirmed the claimed fading (but the others have not). We even received a report today that Betelgeuse has dramatically faded to a second-magnitude star(!). [There is even a rumor that the star may disappear...?] Although I haven't had a chance to check its magnitude, is the star this faint? Perhaps we need to follow the object even in daytime before the star completely fades away .. ;-) Regards, Taichi Kato
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