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originally posted by: BernnieJGato
a reply to: Ravenwatcher
here ya go, T Coronae Borealis, is the name it's not a firm date now and between September look for the big dipper, vega, and aucturus and it suppose to be about the center of them.
forbes link, i'm sure there's better ones was the first one on search page,
‘Blaze Star’ To Become Visible To The Naked Eye, Says NASA
and a NASA link, better link with location
NASA, Global Astronomers Await Rare Nova Explosion
According to the link posted by BernnieJGato, it's 3000 light years distant, so there are 37 nova explosions already in photons traveling toward the earth, assuming it continues to repeat the explosions at approximate 80 year intervals seen in the past.
originally posted by: LetsGoViking
a reply to: Ravenwatcher
Talking about T CrB
it's a periodic nova that happens roughly every 80 years
It's believed to be a White Dwarf orbiting a Red Giant an accreting hydrogen off the Red Giant. About every 80 years the hydrogen achieves critical mass and starts a thermonuclear reaction that we see as a Nova. IIRC, it's about 400 ly distant.