During the webinar, the speaker repeated that “…T CrB will soon be the brightest nova in living memory…at mag 2…” Someone commented in the Chat box that Nova Cyg 1975 (=V1500 Cyg) reached mag ~1.7. (BAA VSS database ~1.5).
Perhaps he meant the brightest known recurrent nova.
Many observers enjoyed seeing the ‘new star’ in Cygnus in August/September 1975, including myself, and I look forward to observing T CrB in outburst.
Alex.