Blaze star
T Coronae Borealis is a binary star and a recurrent nova about 3,000 light-years (920 parsecs) away in the constellation Corona Borealis. It has the official proper name Blaze Star, T Coronae Borealis is the variable-star designation. The system was first observed in outburst in 1866 by John Birmingham, though it had been observed earlier in quiescence as a 10th magnitude star. It may have been observed in 1217 and in 1787 as well. In February 1946, Michael Woodman, a 15-year-old schoolboy from Wales, observed a flare‐up, subsequently writing to the Astronomer Royal and leading to the theory that the star flares every 80 years, with the next nova expected to occur before 2027.
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