http://phys.org/news/2017-01-astronomers-explosion-night-sky.html
"Molnar's prediction is that a binary star (two stars orbiting each other) he is monitoring will merge and explode in 2022, give or take a year; at which time the star will increase its brightness ten thousand fold, becoming one of the brighter stars in the heavens for a time. The star will be visible as part of the constellation Cygnus, and will add a star to the recognizable Northern Cross star pattern."
This will be interesting to see! Although with a predicted apparent magnitude of 2 (don't have a definitive source), it won't exactly "change the night sky" as the click-bait title of the article says, but it will definitely be visible.
"Molnar's prediction is that a binary star (two stars orbiting each other) he is monitoring will merge and explode in 2022, give or take a year; at which time the star will increase its brightness ten thousand fold, becoming one of the brighter stars in the heavens for a time. The star will be visible as part of the constellation Cygnus, and will add a star to the recognizable Northern Cross star pattern."
This will be interesting to see! Although with a predicted apparent magnitude of 2 (don't have a definitive source), it won't exactly "change the night sky" as the click-bait title of the article says, but it will definitely be visible.
