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Robin Leadbeater
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Interesting graphics from NASA in this article. The accretion disc appears to be around the wrong star, with the erupting T CrB occuring in the outer regions of the disc. Wow!

I did a reverse image search and tracked it back to where it was repurposed from in 2010
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20184
not that it makes it any better but at least we now know who was to blame !

They actually do also have a decent animation linked from that page showing the accreting system but not the outburst
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20393/

EDIT the explosion is shown in a further animations down the page