NASA Says T Coronae Borealis Nova Set to Create a "New Star" in a Once-In-A-Lifetime Event

The Debrief ^ | MARCH 20, 2024 | TIM MCMILLAN

[Red Badger]

Ping!...................

[JSM_Liberty]

“3,000 light-years away”

so it happened 3,000 years ago.

[reasonisfaith]

This thing they call “NASA”’is probably the most untrustworthy crowd of losers
ever known to man.

[Sirius Lee]

T Coronae Borealis, also known as the “Blaze Star,”

No. No, not that.

[Red Badger]

Up until that moment, I actually would listen to Glenn Beck.

Haven’t since....................

[telescope115]

I’ll be looking for it.

[z3n]

Follow the new star, Sirius Lee (not seriously)

[ClearCase_guy]

An article about the very rare phenomenon of "recurrent novae" suddenly slips this in:

Some historians suggest that the appearance of a “new star,” caused by the supernova SN 1054, may have inspired Native Americans from the emerging Mississippian culture to come together and form a large urban community. This event is believed to have led to the founding of the urban mound settlement of New Cahokia, located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri.

Archaeologists believe that Cahokia, often called “America’s Forgotten City,” reached its population zenith in the late 11th century with around 40,000 inhabitants. This estimate suggests that Cahokia was among the world’s most populous cities at that time, surpassing the sizes of contemporary London and Paris.

Because we all need to know that the stone age primitives of North America had bigger cities than those stupid Europeans. And now -- back to astrophysics.

[Doctor Congo]

Maybe this time the giant will give up the ghost and lose it all to the dwarf, and result in something much brighter. Is that possible?

[Red Badger]

If they are in gravitationally locked orbits it’s not likely.

The smaller will simply be blown apart when the larger finally goes ‘supernova’...............

[Red Badger]

Cahokia is real..................

[citizen]

The appearance of novae, or “new stars,” in the night sky has historically held significant cultural, philosophical, and scientific influence. In antiquity, these celestial phenomena were often interpreted as omens or divine signals...

TRUMP!

I don’t usually go gaga over new Webb pictures, but this is kind of neat.

[Red Badger]

We have seen his star in the east......................

[scrabblehack]

Earl Long’s girlfriend? Or is that someone else?

[outofsalt]

+2 magnitude is about as bright as Saiph in Orion.

[Red Badger]

I’ve never really understood the ‘magnitude thingy’. Especially when they throw in a negative one...............

[TalBlack]

“Because we all need to know that the stone age primitives of North America had bigger cities than those stupid Europeans. “

Yeah! I mean SERIOUSLY! Look at at all the Injuns accomplished after they assembled all that brain power in one place!

[outofsalt]

The more negative the number the brighter the object. Sirius, the dog star which follows Orion the hunter is the brightest star in the sky (-1.44). It outshines everything but Venus, the moon and the sun. The naked eye can't see things above +5.

[KarlInOhio]

The Stellar Magnitude System

A good article on where magnitudes 1 bright through 6 dim came from, how it got extended for even dimmer stars which required a telescope to see and how the whole system was given more precision.