BBC/Tony JolliffeAstronomers think this process happens on repeat, with an outburst from T Cor Bor occurring about every 80 years. But there aren’t many records of this. And there have already been a few false alarms that T Cor Bor was about to appear – followed by a disappointing no show.But Dr Chris North from Cardiff University says astronomers around the world are poised to catch the light show, which will allow them to study this star in more detail than ever before.And he’s hopeful it could appear soon.”It seems that in the past, this has dimmed a little bit before it’s actually erupted, and there are signs that maybe, at the moment, it’s just dipping a little bit in brightness,” he says.”So maybe that’s a hint that it’s getting close to its eruption.”Michael Woodman certainly wants to see T Cor Bor again.”Somebody will get me into a car and drive me out into the wild somewhere so I can have a decent look. That’s what we are hoping for,” he says.And if he catches another glimpse of the light show, he believes it will put him in a very exclusive club – of just one.”Eighty years on, we’re all looking at the skies again, not only me, but the whole world apparently,” he says.”If I’m alive, if I see it, I will be the only one who’s seen it twice.”Then with a big broad smile and a little chuckle, he adds: “Got to keep breathing!” …
