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Astronomers prepare for once-in-a-lifetime event: A 'new star' in the night sky (www.space.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20317598

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

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[–] mesamunefire 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is there a good resource to find out where to look?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Look for the Big Dipper, left of it about the direction of its handle and twice the handle's length. https://stellarium-web.org/ for more details.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

I demand you bring it further down so I can see it in the southern hemisphere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

By the time we see the nova in the coming days, another ~75 will have happened since the one we'll be seeing.

[–] forbiddenlake 3 points 4 days ago

Websites sure have been milking this all year, huh? Must be reliable ad revenue it gets posted so much