After twilight on Thursday, an explodinhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/08/supernova-explosion-visible-from-ukg star in a distant galaxy far from Earth should be visible from Britain.
The dying star will be emitting flickers of light that should be visible with a clear sky and binoculars. Experts believe this could be may not happen again for another 100 years.
The self-destructing star is 21m light years away, in the Pinwheel galaxy. This means that the light observers can see will be the death of the star 21m years ago.
It will be near the Plough immediately after sunset.
"As you look at the sky, draw an imaginary line through the second and third stars in the handle and follow that line up and left. The supernova is four degrees along, or around the distance taken up by five full moons in the sky," said Dr Mark Sullivan, an astrophysics research fellow at Oxford University told The Guardian.