We till keep an eye out, between Hercules and Boötes -- for the event, likely to be visible to the naked eye for a week or so, post nova. Here's the full story, and a bit -- with an animation at the bottom of that linked article, from NASA:
. . .The first recorded sighting of the T CrB nova was more than 800 years ago, in autumn 1217, when a man named Burchard, abbot of Ursberg, Germany, noted his observance of “a faint star that for a time shone with great light.”
The T CrB nova was last seen from Earth in 1946. Its behavior over the past decade appears strikingly similar to observed behavior in a similar timeframe leading up to the 1946 eruption. If the pattern continues, some researchers say, the nova event could occur by September 2024. . . .
What should stargazers look for? The Northern Crown is a horseshoe-shaped curve of stars west of the Hercules constellation, ideally spotted on clear nights. It can be identified by locating the two brightest stars in the Northern Hemisphere -- Arcturus and Vega -- and tracking a straight line from one to the other, which will lead skywatchers to Hercules and the Corona Borealis.
The outburst will be brief. Once it erupts, it will be visible to the naked eye for a little less than a week -- but Hounsell is confident it will be quite a sight to see. . . .
We will keep you informed. Onward, grinning -- may have to drive all the way up north, to Ellison Bay, or even Sheboygan Bay, on one of those nights, for a purely blackened-out view of it. . . as there should be at least five nights of it, after the first sighting.
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