PING!............................
Given the distance between RS Ophiuchi and earth, these novae took place around 2500 BC, give or take a century. It might be more accurate to call them antiquae than novae...
“This hydrogen accumulates on the white dwarf’s surface, where it heats up. Periodically, the mass becomes so great that the pressure and temperature at the bottom of the layer is sufficient to trigger a thermonuclear explosion, violently expelling the excess material into space. This is the nova.”
I’m really glad this is happening, nowhere close to here.
Cant see it in Colorado due to the smoke from California fires.
I “might “be able to see it this weekend, thru the trees.
There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was far faster than light
She set out one day in a relative way
And returned on the previous night
It's better to burn out that fade away.