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A "new star" is shining in the constellation Lupus thanks to an unexpected stellar explosion within the Milky Way — and it can currently be seen with the naked eye from parts of North America ...

The star at the peak is magnitude 2.2 Navi (Gamma [γ] Cas); the star at the valley to its lower right is similarly bright magnitude 2.2 Shedar (Alpha [α] Cas).