See an Exploding Star in 2024 | August 12 - August 18 | Star Gazers
Season 47 Episode 33 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ425 August 12-18, 2024 “See an Exploding Star in 2024”
Star Gazers STGZ425 August 12-18, 2024 “See an Exploding Star in 2024”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
See an Exploding Star in 2024 | August 12 - August 18 | Star Gazers
Season 47 Episode 33 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ425 August 12-18, 2024 “See an Exploding Star in 2024”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Y’ALL SLID INTO OUR DMS TO ASK, SO HERE I AM: LET’S TALK ABOUT A NEW EXPLODING STAR!
T. CORONAE BOREALIS, AKA THE BLAZE STAR EXPLODES ABOUT EVERY EIGHTY YEARS, AND IT’S DUE!
NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY, BUT AT SOME POINT SOON WE’LL ALL SEE NOVA IN THE SKY HERE’S WHERE YOU SHOULD LOOK HIT THE DARKNESS AT 10PM AND FIND ARCTURUS IN THE WEST.
USE THE BIG DIPPER AND ARC TO ARCTURUS IN BOOTES!
NEXT PICK OUT THE KEYSTONE OF HERCULES, HERE.
CORONA BOREALIS IS IN-BETWEEN!
AT SOME POINT BY SEPTEMBER 2024 BLAZE SHOULD EXPLODE, BECOMING ABOUT AS BRIGHT AS THE NORTH STAR!
BLAZE IS A WHITE DWARF ORBITING AN UNSTABLE RED GIANT THAT EJECTS HOT MATTER OFF ITS SURFACE.
THE WHITE DWARF PICKS UP THE MATTER BUT EVENTUALLY CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE AND EXPLODES SO RELATABLE!
THIS RECURRING NOVA IS ONE OF FIVE IN OUR GALAXY, SO CHECK IT EVERY NIGHT, AND CHECK OUR NERDY NEWS.
KEEP LOOKING UP!
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Star Gazers is presented by your local public television station.
Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation