#tcorbor — Public Fediverse posts
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#TCorBor magnitude 9.6
Observed 2025-08-05 Observer: HMB
Source AAVSO
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#TCorBor magnitude 10.0
Source AAVSO, Observer: HBB on 2025-06-26
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Just my luck that I attempt to start sharing #TCorBor visual magnitude updates semi-regularly, and the source website (TheSkyLive) froze up for several days again.
Oh well – moved one step closer to the source, and using the AAVSO website.
Rounding off to one decimal point which should minimize the noise and I'll try to use consistent observers who use CCD detectors.
Might make it a bot later, but for now it's a manual best-effort thing. Not so scientific. :) -
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#TCorBor magnitude 10.2
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This might become a bit tedious, but I'm checking it most days anyway. Kind of like a bot feed, but I'm the bot.
#TCorBor today: magnitude 10.2
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NB: the magnitude-reporting page for the star T Coronae Borealis is working properly again, in case you're curious to click it occasionally
I tend to peek at it most days – its magnitude drifts between 9 and 11 at this point.
Some day soon(?) it's supposed to surge up to a M2 but don't bet your nest egg on a particular date.
It's a good seven months or so overdue based on the predictions. I'm guessing 2026 myself, but we'll see!
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The compact white #dwarf has an immense gravitational pull, so great that it steals material away from its larger neighbour.
"The #gravity on the surface of the white dwarf is a million times the gravity we feel on Earth, so if we stood on it, we would be crushed instantly"
The material it grabs from the other star gets crushed and compressed - until eventually it triggers a nuclear #explosion, releasing 💥 a huge amount of energy https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c140exemgk7o