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comment by kleinbl00

Problem being red dwarfs aren't particularly bright. Proxima Centauri is a couple points brighter than Pluto and a couple points dimmer than Neptune. Having tried to hunt both of those with a 10" Dobsonian in the high desert under ideal conditions and meeting with failure, I can tell you that things with a magnitude in the positive double digits are... underwhelming for observation by non-astronomers.





kingmudsy  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You misunderstand. I'm talking motherfuckin' space ships.

kleinbl00  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...a different perspective to be sure. Although - if you have the ingenuity and firepower to venture out 1LY to see a red dwarf, Perhaps it's worth a little planning to go 4LY to see something more interesting.

kingmudsy  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm just assuming that in 30,000 years we will have come quite a way. Mostly being facetious, though.

kleinbl00  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And I'm just playing along. 30,000 years took us from the caves at Lasceaux to dropping Avatar backgrounds into wordless conversation. Another 30 might well leave us unrecognizable.

kingmudsy  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm only sad that we'll never know.

kleinbl00  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Whatever, prole. My cryogenic jar is right between Disney's head and Hitler's pancreas.

kingmudsy  ·  3381 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Jokes on you, I keep my jar-smasher in the drawer underneath Joan Riversbot.