BRIGHT SUPER NOVA LIST | ||||
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YEAR * = used | NAME | MAG. | DISCOVERER | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1572 | Casopeia | -4 | Tycho Beache | Tycho Star Now a
radio source. Supernova. |
| 1600 | Cygnus | 3 | Bleau | P Cygni; shell star;
now variable between mag. 4.5 & 5.25 |
| 1604 | Ophiuchus | -2.3 | ? | Kepler star, supernova. |
| 1670 | Vulpecula | 3 | Anthelm | Not now identifiable. |
| 1783 | Sagita | 6 | D'Ageet | - |
| 1848 | Ophiuchus | 4 | Hind | - |
| 1868 | Corona | 2 | Birmingham | T Corona, recurrent nova
2nd. outburst in 1946. |
| 1876 | Sygnus | 3 | Schmidt | O Cygni. |
| 1891 | Arriga | 4.2 | Anderson | - |
| 1899 | Sagitarius | 4.9 | Flemming | - |
| 1901 | Perseus | 0.0 | Anderson | GK. persei. Close binary. |
| 1903 | Gemini | 5.0 | Turner | - |
| 1910* | Ara | 6.0 | Fleming | - |
| 1910* | Lacerta | 4.5 | Epain | - |
| 1912* | Gemini | 3.3 | Enebo | - |
| 1918* | Aquila | -1.0 | Bauer | Now a close binary. |
| 1918 | Moneceros | 5.7 | Wolf | - |
| 1920* | Cygnus | 2.0 | Denning | - |
| 1928 | Pictor | 2.0 | Watson | RR P croma. Fine slow
nova. Now a close binary. |
| 1927 | Taurus | 5.0 | Schasman & Wachman | - |
| 1934* | Hercules | 1.2 | Prentice | DQ Herculis. Fine show
nova. Bow a close binary. |
| 1935 | Aquila | 5.4 | Tarma | - |
| 1936* | Lacerta | 1.9 | Gami | CP Lacerta. Fast nava;
rapid decline |
| 1938 | Sagitarius | 4.5 | Okayabas | - |
| 1939* | Moneceros | 4.3 | Whipple & Wachman | - |
| 1942* | Puppae | 0.4 | Dawson | Fast nava. |
| 1950* | Lacerta | 6.0 | Bertaud | - |
| 1960 | Hercules | 5.0 | Hassel | ((not used)) |
| 1963* | Hercules | 5.7 | Hassel | HR Delphini |
| 1967* | Delpheichus | 3.7 | Alcock | Explicinaly slow nova.
Pre-outburst; mag 12. |
| 1968* | Velpeculia | 4.3 | Alcock | Fast nova; mag 12 at end
of 1969. |
| 1970* | Serpens | 4.3 | Honda | - |
| 1970* | Aquila | 6 | Honda | - |
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