A nova outburst visible to the naked eye is ... The outburst will appear as a bright "new" star in the night sky. Generally, these binary stars have a magnitude of +10, which is far too dim ...
Late November would be the worst time for the nova to pop, when the Sun lies between us and the star. The situation only ...
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This recurrent nova, located approximately 3,000 light ... appearing as an extra-bright star just outside the crescent, close to a star called Epsilon CrB, the constellation’s fifth brightest.
A shockingly bright Nova explosion occurred right on cue, but its brilliance and strange chemical signature baffled ...
Artwork of the binary star system RS Ophiuchi: Matter flows from the red giant onto the white dwarf. The newly added stellar envelopes explode in a bright nova about every 15 years.
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), popularly known as the "Blaze Star," is surely on the verge of a rare and dramatic brightening.