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Corona Borealis was one of the 48 constellations mentioned in the Almagest of classical astronomer Ptolemy. [9] In Mesopotamia, Corona Borealis was associated with the goddess Nanaya. [71] In Welsh mythology, it was called Caer Arianrhod, "the Castle of the Silver Circle", and was the heavenly abode of the Lady Arianrhod. [72]
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), nicknamed the Blaze Star, is a binary star and a recurrent nova about 3,000 light-years (920 pc) away in the constellation Corona Borealis. [9] It was first discovered in outburst in 1866 by John Birmingham , [ 10 ] though it had been observed earlier as a 10th magnitude star. [ 11 ]
The T Coronae Borealis system is normally too dim to see unaided, but skywatchers can find the outburst by locating the constellation Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown.
According to NASA, the T Coronae Borealis, nicknamed the Blaze Star, lies 3,000 light years away from Earth and is a recurring nova with outbursts every 80 years. It’s last outburst was in 1946 ...
Corona Firmiana: Coronae Firmianae: Corona Borealis renamed to honor Count Leopold Anton von Firmian: 1730: Corbinianus Thomas: List: where Corona Borealis is now Custos Messium: Custodis Messium: Keeper of harvests: 1775: Jérôme Lalande [14] 23, 47, 49, 50 Cassiopeiae, γ, CS Camelopardalis: between Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis: Deltoton
T Coronae Borealis is a white dwarf 3,000 light-years from Earth and will be the focal point of the highly anticipated outburst. It last flashed in the sky in 1946 and is predicted to happen again ...
Alpha Coronae Borealis (α Coronae Borealis, abbreviated Alpha CrB, α CrB), officially named Alphecca / æ l ˈ f ɛ k ə /, [11] is an eclipsing binary star in the constellation of Corona Borealis. It is located about 75 light years from the Sun and contains two main sequence stars, one class A and one class G .
Tau Coronae Borealis, Latinized from τ Coronae Borealis, is a possible astrometric and spectroscopic binary star system in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis.It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.76.