Though technically last night was the "first night" of Project Binary Nova, I am going to make tonight the official first night. Why? Well because I am a moron and did not confirm the coordinates for the star.
This resulted in me taking images of a very very very far away galaxy near the "Little Dipper." It was so far away in fact, that it just looked like a star. Oh well.
Tonight, I have done my due dilligence and hopefully, I have got the right position of where the star is located.
T Coronae Borealis is a reoccurring super Nova this consisted of a Red Giant & a White Darf Binary star system (hence the project name). Which is a symboitic star system.
I don't know how likely it will be, but the hopes is I can documentment & capture the changes between these two stars as it goes nova.
As of right now, you can not see the stars with the naked eye. I'm not even sure you can see them with my telescope.
But as the nova begins, the "stars" will increase in brightness to the point that you will be able to see "them" with the naked eye as a "new" star in the night sky.
You can read more about these stars here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2024/02/27/view-nova-explosion-new-star-in-northern-crown/
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