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Old 08-12-2017, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by skysurfer View Post
In the S&T article, it is said that it would be 'visible to the naked eye' which means +6 or brighter, so don't expect an Eta Carinae 1843 event with magnitude -1.
The coordinates depict somewhere between Deneb and Vega.
The star concerned is currently mag + 12.1 and fairly close to the mag +6.1
Open Cluster NGC 6811
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