Cosmic Blast : Sudden Nova Spotted!

[imitator]

Boom...  
​​​​​​​an explosion in space just appeared out of nowhere!

A new nova lighting up the sky... named V462 Lupi. It was first spotted on June 12 and has now brightened enough, around magnitude +5.7 that you can see it without a telescope.

First it was called AT 2025nlr, then ASASSN-25cm, then N Lupi 2025... then finally renamed V462 Lupi.
Why all the name changes? Confusion? Or cleanup?

Maybe SpecForce is testing a high-atmo weapons test or... something classified. Right before those airstrikes began? 
Who knows...  

The official story... it's a white dwarf that erupted into a thermonuclear explosion. They say it's not a supernova the star isn’t destroyed, but it does temporarily get millions of times brighter.

It might still get brighter or even fade soon, this week might be the best chance to see it.
Can be seen from the southern U.S. states, Mexico, and further south.
Easy to find with a stargazing app.

Link: A 'new star' has exploded into the night sky — and you can see it from North America

[BeyondKnowledge]

Boom...[Image: https://denyignorance.com//images/addsmi...hocked.gif]  
​​​​​​​an explosion in space just appeared out of nowhere!

A new nova lighting up the sky... named V462 Lupi. It was first spotted on June 12 and has now brightened enough, around magnitude +5.7 that you can see it without a telescope.

First it was called AT 2025nlr, then ASASSN-25cm, then N Lupi 2025... then finally renamed V462 Lupi.
Why all the name changes? Confusion? Or cleanup?

Maybe SpecForce is testing a high-atmo weapons test or... something classified. Right before those airstrikes began? 
Who knows...  

The official story... it's a white dwarf that erupted into a thermonuclear explosion. They say it's not a supernova the star isn’t destroyed, but it does temporarily get millions of times brighter.

It might still get brighter or even fade soon, this week might be the best chance to see it.
Can be seen from the southern U.S. states, Mexico, and further south.
Easy to find with a stargazing app.

Link: A 'new star' has exploded into the night sky — and you can see it from North America

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/image...42b9WN.jpg]

First, any weapon from Earth would be in Earth orbit or within that region. That eliminates that one.

Thermonuclear explosion? You are comparing a flash light to the Sun as far as brightness and energy goes.

The naming of newly observed objects often changes as it is classified and identified properly by international astronomic organizations and first observers. That is figuring out what it is and who saw it first changes the name even though it had a temporary 'name' that was more of a place holder than an actual name.

Whether it will get brighter is anyone's guess at the moment. Also what is a 'new nova'? That is saying it is a new new star by the very definition of nova.

Still an interesting object to start a thread with.

[imitator]

First, any weapon from Earth would be in Earth orbit or within that region. That eliminates that one.

Thermonuclear explosion? You are comparing a flash light to the Sun as far as brightness and energy goes. 

Not if you wanted to test a high energy weapon somewhere no one could verify it.
Deep space would be the perfect spot.

Yes, a nova is a thermonuclear explosion... from what I've read.
If that's what it is. ; )

A small or a big secret test detonation out there... with the right optics could easily mimic a nova from Earth.
And if spotted... calling it a nova, is a nice little cover-up. 

Not saying that's what this is… but who knows right? 
Just saying... 

[imitator]

Another Nova from the South?
That Makes Two Explosions in Our Southern Sky!

2 'new stars' have exploded into the night sky at once — potentially for the first time in history
 

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that simultaneous stellar explosions have been visible to the naked eye in recorded history.

[KKLoco]

Sweet! Can they do our sun next please? We need out of this prison.

[Sirius]

I was curious about nova's. I saw Bob flashing last night again. It's bigger and brighter than a star and satellites.