Astronomers predict that its brightness will be comparable to the North Star. Also known as the "Blaze Star," T Coronae Borealis is a binary system with a white dwarf and red giant. The stars are ...

The star is currently 100 times fainter than it is possible to see with the naked eye, but will soon appear as bright as the North Star ‘Polaris’, blazing for around a week, before fading again.

Next, locate Vega, a brilliant blue-white star in the Lyra constellation, above north-east ... appearing as an extra-bright star just outside the crescent, close to a star called Epsilon CrB ...