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Old 21-03-2024, 11:13 AM
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T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), Blaze Star, Nova?

Hi all,

It's anticipated that T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as Blaze Star, will become a nova sometime in the next few months. I'm just wondering what we can expect to see. Will it just look like any other star but brighter than it is normally or will we be able to capture images of some of the material being blasted off by the white dwarf?

Not something I've really looked into before but would like to record this once in a lifetime event, even if it is just capturing the changes in it's brightness over a number of nights - weather permitting of course. Thankfully it does manage to get a reasonable distance above the horizon down here.

Cheers,
Mark
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