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2024 promises to be a promising year for rare celestial events, and it seems that the stars are in another worldly spectacle. In addition to Total solar eclipse This should happen on April 8, 2024, the astrophiles will be treated in an explosion of Nova "once in life" which should decorate the night sky in a brilliant white clause and a pale orange shade.

The Nova, which has not exploded since 1946, bears the name T Coronae Borealis, or T CRB, and is one of the five recurring novas of our galaxy, out of liberation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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T CRB is a system of binary stars made up of a white dwarf and a red giant. While the pair stops towards each other (thanks to gravity), the white dwarf warms up and begins to collect "a flow of material" of its much larger neighbor, by NASA. Because the white dwarf has a shallow but dense atmosphere, a "thermonuclear reaction" occurs - or, in other words, an explosion of Nova.

In simple terms, a Nova refers to a special class of explosive stars that survive the eruption - but which makes C CRB so unique that its brightness should be of a scale of +10 on a scale of +2, Which is the close equivalent of Polaris, the northern star. You can therefore imagine how much an explosion of this stature will illuminate the heavens.

(For more context, Polaris is located 430 light years of the earth, while T CRB would be 3,000 light years from our planet.)

Astronomers do not project a short show either, saying that T CRB will light the sky for at least a week.

"Once her brightness culminates, she should be visible to the eye without help for several days and a little more than a week with binoculars before dropping more, maybe for 80 years," said NASA.

The only warning is that scientists do not know with certainty when it happens. But NASA experts presume T CRB will explode by September 2024.

However, eager Sky observers can prepare for the light show by familiarizing themselves with the Corona Borealis constellation, which also bears the name of "Crown Northern". NASA explains that this is where "the explosion will appear as a" new "brilliant star". AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

If you have trouble locating the constellation, the government agency suggests locating the Hercules and Boes constellations. These Corona Borealis sandwich constellations, which presents itself as a "small semi-circular arc".

"You will notice a new star in the sky," Bill Cooke , the head of the Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Center for NASA in Huntbama, Alabama, New York Times .

For many of us, it may be the only opportunity we have to see a nova explode in our life. "It's a unique event," continued Cooke. "How often can people say that they have seen a star explode?"