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Nova LMC 1991: a super-bright nova in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

M. Della Valle
M. Della Valle*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, La Silla

Abstract

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We discuss the recent outburst of nova LMC 1991. By comparing its magnitude at maximum and rate of decline with those of 14 historical LMC novae, we show that nova LMC 1991 represents the first detection of a super-bright nova in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Type
Poster Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 149: The Stellar populations of Galaxies , 1992 , pp. 412
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 

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