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Frasier Balzov

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1. I like waiting for something

Reply to Fla Dem (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 02:40 PM

Mar 28

which would have happened three thousand years ago.

Cosmological scale is fun!

Predictions for the timing of (our view of) this event continue to vary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Coronae_Borealis

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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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