Explosive star event will create once-in-a-lifetime sight in the sky, between now and Sept.

[ProudModerate2]

Explosive star event will create once-in-a-lifetime sight in the night sky. Here’s how to see it.

Astronomers are expecting a “new star” to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September, and it promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight, according to NASA.

The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation, which is located between the Boötes and Hercules constellations.

While a supernova is the explosive death of a massive star, a nova refers to the sudden, brief explosion from a collapsed star known as a white dwarf.

... researchers are expecting it to go nova between now and September (2024).

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/world/t-coronae-borealis-nova-new-star-scn/index.html

The NASAUniverse account on X, formerly known as Twitter, will provide updates about the outburst and its appearance.

Click here: https://twitter.com/NASAUniverse

[T'Chenka]

Cool stuff.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I will look for this with interest.  I remember a supernova quite a few years ago that was visible to the naked eye even though it was in one of the Magellanic Clouds(!) but unfortunately that meant it wasn't visible from the Northern Hemisphere.

Ah, here it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A

[Rand]

I hope that exploding star is Kanye West.