I already noticed it in Feb 2012. I
started a thread on it.
According to the article it brightened again last April and June again. I've last seen it from South Africa last March and will go to SA next Feb. I am curious whether it has brightened by then.
Possible we all can notice the 1841 event again when it got as bright as Canopus. That wll mean a third pointer on the other side of Crux.