165 - Vacuum Light Pipe (with Dr. Gerard van Belle)

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Gerard van Belle, Astronomer at Lowell Observatory, to talk about the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis, which is about to do some crazy stuff that it does every 78 years and honestly, we really need help understanding it.

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• Episode 165 - Vacuum Light Pipe (with Dr. Gerard van Belle) - YouTube
• The Home of Pluto | Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ
• Quirks & Quarks - Wikipedia
• T Coronae Borealis - Wikipedia
• NASA, Global Astronomers Await Rare Nova Explosion - NASA
• Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now | Ars Technica

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