V572 Velorum is currently shining at magnitude +4.8, about 55,000 times brighter than usual. It was discovered on June 25 from Australia.
in the night sky, another joined it. V572 Velorum , in the constellation Vela , joins V462 Lupi in Lupus . Both are now visible to the naked eye to observers in the Southern Hemisphere and are currently shining millions of times brighter than usual. The remarkable coincidence — judged to be extremely rare by astronomers — has occurred as astronomers await the explosion of V572 Velorum is currently shining at magnitude +4.8 and V462 Lupi at magnitude +5.9, both within reach of the naked eye.
Astronomers estimate that between 20 and 50 novae occur each year in our galaxy, but most go undiscovered, according to. Very few — typically zero — are visible to the naked eye. For two to appear at once is unprecedented. "This is without question an extremely rare event," said Stephen O'Meara, an American astronomer, toIt's thought that both V572 Velorum and V462 Lupi are both classical novas.
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