Blaze Star: How To Prepare For The Biggest Sky Event For 79 Years

Blaze Star: How To Prepare For The Biggest Sky Event For 79 Years

The elusive “Blaze Star” nova (also called T Coronae Borealis/T CrB) may erupt around March 27, appearing as a naked eye star within the Corona Borealis constellation.

A Star Could Explode This Week—Here’s How to See It

If you’ve ever wanted to look to the sky and watch a star explode you’re in luck. T Coronae Borealis is a binary star system around 3,000 light-years away, and it will be visible to us here on Earth. You won’t even need special equipment to watch it happen—though it would help tremendously. T Coronae Borealis, which also goes by the supercool nickname the “Blaze Star,” will be visibly exploding yet again. That’s right, again, because it explodes…

Elusive 'Blaze Star' nova could finally appear in our skies this week after multiple false alarms

Skygazers have been waiting for over a year to see a recurrent nova that creates a temporary, super-bright star every 80 years or so. A new study suggests that it could finally happen this week — but nothing is certain.

A faint star will reveal itself as it throws a hissy-fit – Astronomy Now

A spectacular cosmic event is on the horizon: a rare nova explosion so bright that it will be visible to the naked eye. A red giant and a white dwarf orbiting each other in a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. Astronomers have been closely monitoring a small constellation, eagerly awaiting the eruption of a nearby binary star system. The long wait may finally be over—recent calculations suggest the nova could explode as soon as Thursday, March …