when sirius implodes/explodes, will it create enough light to light half the world like the sun for a prolonged period

Question: when sirius implodes/explodes, will it create enough light to light half the world like the sun for a prolonged period of time?
- Keywords:
  sirius,
  star,
  sun,
  supernova,
  world
Asked by jamjam8901 to Adam, Catherine, Leila, Nazim on 21 Mar 2012.
- Leila Battison answered on 21 Mar 2012:
  
  Scientists reckon that Sirius will go supernova in about a billion years time, and it will be an especially strong and bright explosion.
  
  Not only will it light up the sky, but it will bombard Earth with dangerous radiation for maybe a few million years! Some palaeontologists reckon that stars going supernova nearby maybe caused some of the mass exctinctions we see preserved in the fossil record!
- Adam Stevens answered on 21 Mar 2012:
  
  Dunno! Karen would probably have a good answer for this 🙁

Question: when sirius implodes/explodes, will it create enough light to light half the world like the sun for a prolonged period of time?