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A New Nova Just Appeared in the Night Sky – You Can See It with the Naked Eye
The star just got 3 million times brighter.
A nova is a stellar object that suddenly brightens in the night sky, usually to a level that makes it visible from Earth with much smaller telescopes or even just to the naked eye (not to be confused with a supernova). V462 Lupi is a classical nova, which means that the eruption that generated the increase in luminosity is an act of theft, and was detected on June 12. As reported in the Astronomer Telegram, it was discovered by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) at 8.7 magnitude, below the average human limit for naked eye observations, even in ideal conditions.
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