Image: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center

This year is full of exciting astronomical events.

It can be spotted as a small, semicircular arc near Bootes and Hercules.

When the nova occurs, it will appear as a new bright star.

Artist’s concept of T Coronae Borealis star exploding

Image: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Look up after sunset during summer months to find Hercules!

Scan between Vega and Arcturus, near the distinct pattern of Corona Borealis.

A conceptual image of how to find Hercules and his mighty globular clusters in the sky created using a planetarium software.

Image: NASA

Corona Borealis chart

View of Granada War Relocation Center from the interpretive signs at the entrance. (Photo:  International Astronomical Union (IAU) viaWikimedia Commons,CC BY 4.0)