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5. It's also a Reoccurring Nova of a Binary Star system. A Red Giant gases flow to it's white drawf....

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 03:38 PM

Mar 28

companion. They build up, and about every 80+ years the white dwarf flairs up.

Being in NYC maaaaybe I could see it from a darker area I know. I should ask who I know if they know anyone who can see The *Big Dipper on a clear night. I figure if they can see TBD they probably can see Arcturus, Bootes.

*I have a special fondness for the Big Dipper. When I traveled by bus to Arizona from NYC every night I could see TBD out my bus windows. It felt like I was being watched over.

While not related - for years (in the winter only? I forget) I could see Orion smack outside my windows. Glorious! And once I barely saw The Pliedes just past our building's roof edge if I looked straight up!

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Yesterday I read the following article that the T Coronae Borealis "Blaze Star" was going nova last night. [View all] Fla Dem Mar 28 OP

I like waiting for something Frasier Balzov Mar 28 #1

Yes the article did point out this happened 3000 years ago and the light is just now reaching us. Fla Dem Mar 28 #2

Yea, I went looking for it also. Biophilic Mar 28 #3

It's not in the Big Dipper (actually Ursa Major), it's in Corona Borealis. eppur_se_muova Mar 28 #4

Thank You, agree. I was using the Big Dipper as a reference point. Fla Dem Mar 28 #7

It's also a Reoccurring Nova of a Binary Star system. A Red Giant gases flow to it's white drawf.... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #5

Yes, the article from Forbes I provided a link for explained that very well, Fla Dem Mar 28 #6

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