‘Once-in-a-lifetime event’: rare chance to see explosion on dwarf star 3,000 light years away
by Tory Shepherd from Science | The Guardian on (#6P00N)
T Coronae Borealis, or the Blaze star, was last seen in 1946 and will be visible again some time between now and September
In what is being called a once-in-a-lifetime event", light from a thermonuclear explosion on a star has been travelling towards Earth for thousands of years and it will be here any day.
T Coronae Borealis (also known as T Cor Bor, T CrB, and the Blaze star) will be as bright as the north star (for those in the northern hemisphere).
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