Events for May 3, 2024 › Meetings of Interest

IEEE CTS LMAG and CTCN 4.24.2024 4-6 PM meeting- Repeat Offender T CrB – An Astronomy Topic

Room: 8, Bldg: Asian American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Rd., Austin, Texas, United States, 78754, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415026

The binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a recurrent nova binary system about 3000 ly away in the CrB constellation. Invisible to the unaided eye normally at magnitude ~10, it is expected to brighten to naked eye visibility m=~2 this year (2024). This only happens every 80 years or so and will ...

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