The results of photometric and spectral observations of T CrB obtained in a
wide range of wavelengths in 2011-2023 are presented. We use the near-IR light
curves to determine a new ephemeris JDmin​=2455828.9+227.55⋅E for
the times of light minima when the red giant is located between the observer
and the hot component. The flux ratio Hα/Hβ varied from ~3 to ~8
in 2020-2023, which may be due to a change in the flux ratio between the X-ray
and optical ranges. It is shown that the value of Hα/Hβ depends on
the rate of accretion onto the hot component of the system. Based on high-speed
follow-up observations obtained on June 8, 2023, we detected a variability of
the HeII λ4686 line with a characteristic time-scale of ~25 min, the
amplitude of variability in the B band was ~0.07m. Simulations of the
near-IR light curves accounting for the ellipsoidal effect allowed us to obtain
the parameters of the binary system: the Roche lobe filling factor of the cool
component μ=1.0, the mass ratio q=Mcool​/Mhot​=0.65±0.2, the orbit
inclination i=56∘±4∘. A comparison of the light curve obtained in
2005-2023 with the 1946 outburst template made it possible to predict the date
of the upcoming outburst - January 2024.Comment: 15 pages, 3 tables, 8 figures, submitted to Astronomy Letter