BBC Astronomy article about a star brightening in Corona Borealis Constalation

[ssfc72]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c140exemgk7o

A good article about a star near the constellation of Corona Borealis that is expected to brighten to be  visible to the unaided eye, in the next few days.
This happens about every 80 years and will only be bright for a few days.

This was in the news last Spring and it was suppose to brighten by last September.

Unfortunately with the cloudy weather we have at this time of year, I don't expect anyone in this area to be about to see any stars in the night sky. :-(

[Jason]

Did it happen, Bill? Is it still bright or has it likely diminished by now? I remember a star that went nova hundreds of years ago and it was reportedly so bright that it cast a shadow. I think it was still bright for maybe a year.

I had no idea that stars could go nova more than once. I thought one poof and that was it! Fascinating! Maybe I'll still be around for the next round.

[ssfc72]

Well it has been more than 2 days now and the star hasn't brightened, yet  So we will just have to wait longer, to see what happens.

[Jason]

Let us know if you see it so we can all run out in the 1.5 minutes we have before the clouds cover it again.