Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky

[Admin]

A rare nova explosion will soon bring a "new star" to the night sky, and scientists are excited.

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[Fabrizio Pinto]

The appropriate abbreviation for the name of the T Coronae Borealis nova is: T CrB.

 

[Cigarshaped]

It is a bit of a reflection on the mechanistic Astrophysics thinking that novas "explode". If it's not accreting or compressing it's colliding or exploding, are they all pyromaniac? When Hannes Alfven looked into the sky he saw 99.999% plasma. Plasma is an electrical phenomenon most of the time, although in Astrophysics only heat can cause it!!

So if a star is not a compressed gas nuclear bomb it could simply be an electrically driven plasma discharge. This explains many features such as sunspot cycles, novas, supernovas and black outs. Colour and luminosity are simply down to current density, as received from its galactic ISM.

 

[billslugg]

Electricity is not a source of energy it is a means of transfer of energy. Where did the energy come from?

 

[Helio]

Apparent mag. should reach about 2, thus brighter than the brightest of that asterism, Alphecca (mag. 2.2).

 

[Helio]

Here is where we will find it in the sky…[It’s the little red circle.]

A 'new star' could appear in the sky any night now. Here's how to see the Blaze Star ignite

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