A 'new star' may be just weeks from appearing in the northern sky
The location of T Coronae Borealis is indicated in this simulated view of the night sky, as shown on June 27, at 12 a.m. local time. Credit: Stellarium/Scott Sutherland*
Normally hidden from view in our night sky, astronomers expect a star known as T Coronae Borealis will soon go nova, becoming as bright as the North Star for around a week.
In the northern sky, between Hercules and Boötes, lies the constellation Corona Borealis, also known as the Northern Crown. Quietly lurking within that constellation for the past 80 years or so is a pair of stars — a red giant and a white dwarf — that is normally far too faint to be seen without a telescope.
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Starburst: Skywatchers on the lookout for an impending nova explosion
Any day now, we’ll be able to see the result of an explosion in space nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth.
This year, fireworks season is continuing deep into summer.
The big, upcoming highlight is a single explosion, a nova in space that will be so bright it will be visible in the night sky with the naked eye.
Sometime between now and early autumn — astronomers don’t know exactly when — stargazers will see an explosion originating from T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), a binary system known as the “Blaze Star” which is located nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth. The T CrB system contains a white dwarf star that is continuously pulling hydrogen to its surface from a nearby red giant.
Roughly every 80 years, the accumulating hydrogen provokes a thermonuclear explosion, after which the cycle begins anew.
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T Coronae Borealis nova could become a 'new star' in the sky any day now, and will be as bright as the North Star
A star system 3,000 lightyears away is set to become visible to the naked eye this year, in an event that will see its apparent brightness temporarily increase.
T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB or the 'Blaze Star', last brightened in 1946, and astronomers have predicted it could brighten again between now and September 2024.
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a variable star in Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, a backward-C-shaped constellation east of Boötes.
The location of T Coronae Borealis is indicated in this simulated view of the night sky, as shown on June 27, at 12 a.m. local time. Credit: Stellarium/Scott Sutherland*
Normally hidden from view in our night sky, astronomers expect a star known as T Coronae Borealis will soon go nova, becoming as bright as the North Star for around a week.
In the northern sky, between Hercules and Boötes, lies the constellation Corona Borealis, also known as the Northern Crown. Quietly lurking within that constellation for the past 80 years or so is a pair of stars — a red giant and a white dwarf — that is normally far too faint to be seen without a telescope.
A 'new star' may be just weeks from appearing in the northern sky
Look for this Blaze Star to appear soon and glow as one of the brightest stars in the night sky for roughly a week.
Starburst: Skywatchers on the lookout for an impending nova explosion
Any day now, we’ll be able to see the result of an explosion in space nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth.
This year, fireworks season is continuing deep into summer.
The big, upcoming highlight is a single explosion, a nova in space that will be so bright it will be visible in the night sky with the naked eye.
Sometime between now and early autumn — astronomers don’t know exactly when — stargazers will see an explosion originating from T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), a binary system known as the “Blaze Star” which is located nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth. The T CrB system contains a white dwarf star that is continuously pulling hydrogen to its surface from a nearby red giant.
Roughly every 80 years, the accumulating hydrogen provokes a thermonuclear explosion, after which the cycle begins anew.
Starburst: Skywatchers on the lookout for an impending nova explosion
Any day now, we’ll be able to see the result of an explosion in space nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth.
T Coronae Borealis nova could become a 'new star' in the sky any day now, and will be as bright as the North Star
A star system 3,000 lightyears away is set to become visible to the naked eye this year, in an event that will see its apparent brightness temporarily increase.
T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB or the 'Blaze Star', last brightened in 1946, and astronomers have predicted it could brighten again between now and September 2024.
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a variable star in Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, a backward-C-shaped constellation east of Boötes.
