Posted on 06/19/2024 9:54:52 PM PDT by Libloather
A star is dead?
Keep your eyes on the skies, stargazers: NASA has predicted that the much-anticipated “once-in-a-life-time” star explosion — or nova — will be visible to the naked eye sometime this summer, per a recent press release.
“It’s incredibly exciting to have this front-row seat,” said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Dubbed T Coronae Borealis or the “Blaze Star,” the celestial event is located 3,000 light years away and is comprised of a white dwarf, an “Earth-sized” remnant of a dead star. The starburst’s mass, meanwhile, is similar to that of the Sun.
Also in the mix is an “ancient red giant slowly being stripped of hydrogen by the relentless gravitational pull of its hungry neighbor,” NASA described.
When enough hydrogen from the red giant accumulates on the surface of the white dwarf, it triggers a massive thermonuclear explosion that blasts the amassed material into space in a blinding flash. The intergalactic phenomenon is not to be confused with a supernova, a similarly cosmic combustion that destroys some dying stars — rather than keeping them intact like the nova — and is often billions of times brighter than a nova.
In the case of the Blaze Star, that event appears to reoccur, on average, every 80 years, and can repeat itself for hundreds of thousands of years.
This event is particularly significant given its relative proximity to Earth. “There are a few recurrent novae with very short cycles, but typically, we don’t often see a repeated outburst in a human lifetime, and rarely one so relatively close to our own system,” said Hounsell.
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Is it a star or Uranus that will go Super Nova?
Kohberger will be out to see it then.
LOL
Both, but not exactly the same time...
3,000 light years away
is a front-row seat?
Well I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to be 30 miles away...
Hehehe 😂😂😂
“Will be visible this summer...”
Can they narrow down the dates? We’re starting summer now.
Amateur astronomers have been observing T CrB for decades; they can "glimpse" the star any time they want with even smallish telescopes. It sits around magnitude 10. That's not hard even for small telescopes.
Thanks Libloather. I said 'Bud Light'.
I’m waiting for Bettleguese, it’s been off gassing for years.
They say when it pops off it will be seen for months.
I’m sure you won’t need it for this event, but wow, a C-8. I wish I still had some of the stuff I sold, too. I feel your pain…
A High School Friend had '70 Chevell SS 375 Hp 396 that had a load of goodies on it. (Triple Angle cut Valve Job that was Ported and Polished/Custom Grind Camshaft from Acme Camshaft in OKC/Carter Carb on top of the Weiand aluminum Intake ported and polished to match the Cylinder Heads/TH-400 Transmission with a B&M Shift Kit/Beilstein Shocks/BFG TYRES/Ferodo Brake Pads/Real dual exhaust with high flow mufflers.) One day We were trying to catch up with someone on 290 out of Austin headed to Houston and it was the first time I went 160+ MPH. (The speedometer numbers stopped at 140 MPH IIRCwas pegged to the backside of the Zero pin)
Im glad to see this thread took its current trajectory.
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OH Hell yeah...
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