UPDATE:  SOLVED! at 1:29 CDT by Rob

Okay, I have to admit you guys are pretty quick on the uptake.  I’ve only really flustered you once, and that was with the Garnet Star.  Most of the riddles I put up get solved fairly quickly, but I wonder how you would do if I was a little tougher on you?

Still within the rules… something you know about… something with which you are familiar… do you think I can fluster you?

There’s a fine line between fun and impossible.  I can make it so obscure that nobody would guess, but that’s no fun.  I made this one a bit tougher, but if you think about it, you’ll see it.

Kepler Drawing of SN1604

This is a single object.

Although it is relatively close to us, it is not visible to the unaided eye.

This object is ancient.  (ancient by cosmic standards)

Usually very nice, it occasionally shows its temper.

It has been an object of controversy in modern times.

NASA/ESA, G.Bacon Drawing of CHRX733 and CHRX733b

If you have a telescope, you can see this just North of the equator… if you point it straight up.

This object is very well represented in modern science fiction.

Although old, this object is far from over.

It is traveling toward us.

There are several things this could be, but with all the clues together, it points to only one thing.  Do you know what it is?  I’m in the comments, good luck.

By the way… the images are “clickable” for an amazing enlargement, especially of CHRX733.  Thanks, Wayne!