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List of novae in the Milky Way galaxy

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This is a partial list of novae in the Milky Way galaxy that have been discovered and recorded since 1891. Novae are stars that undergo dramatic explosions, but unlike supernovae, these do not result in the destruction of the original star. The likely rate of novae in the Milky Way is about 40 per year,Prialnik, Dina. "Novae", pp. 1846-56, in Paul Murdin, ed. Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics. London: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd and Nature Publishing Group, 2001. {{ISBN|1-56159-268-4}} but of these only about 10 per year are discovered by observers as of the 2000s (decade).[http://cbat.eps.harvard.edu/nova_list.html CBAT List of Novae in the Milky Way] discovered since 1612 This list attempts to include only the brighter or more notable novae.

The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) maintains a more complete list of novae in the Milky Way since 1612.

For a list of novae in individual years, see instead: novae in 2018, novae in 2019.

Nomenclature

Novae are initially designated via a "Nova [genitive form of constellation name] [year of discovery]" format, e.g. "Nova Cygni 1974" and "Nova Scorpii 2010". An official permanent name is usually soon assigned by the General Catalog of Variable Stars using the GCVS format for the naming of variable stars. When more than one nova is discovered in a constellation in one year, a numeric suffix is appended; hence "Nova Sagittarii 2011 #2", "Nova Sagitarii 2011 #3", etc.

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!Year !! Nova !! Maximum brightnessA higher magnitude means a lower brightness. i.e. T Aurigae (+3.8) was a brighter nova than HR Lyrae (+6.5)

1612

|04550 Leonis

| +4.0

1670

|CK Vulpeculae

| +2.6

1673

|03846 Puppis

| +3.0

1678

|V529 Orionis

| +6

1783

|WY Sagittae

| +5.4

1848

|V841 Ophiuchi

| +2.0

1853

|00856 Trianguli

| +9.5

1853

|SZ Persei

| +9.5

1854

|SU Arietis

| +9.5

1854

|U Leonis

| +10.5

1860

|T Bootis

| +9.7

1860

|T Scorpii

| +7.0

1862

|V728 Scorpii

| +5.0

1863

|U Scorpii

| +8.8

1866

|T Coronae Borealis

| +2.0

1876

|Q Cygni

| +3.0

1877

|AB Boötis

| +4.5

1887

|V Persei

| +4.0

1891

|T Aurigae

| +3.8

1898

|V1059 Sagittarii

| +4.5

1899

|V606 Aquilae

| +5.5

1901

|GK Persei

| +0.2

1903

|DM Geminorum

| +4.8

1905

|V604 Aquilae

| +7.3

1910

|OY Arae

| +6.0

1910

|DI Lacertae

| +4.6

1912

|DN Geminorum

| +3.5

1918

|V603 Aquilae

| -0.5

1918

|GI Monocerotis

| +5.6

1919

|HR Lyrae

| +6.5

1919

|V849 Ophiuchi

| +7.4

1920

|V476 Cygni

| +2.0

1920

|T Pyxidis

| +6.4

1925

|RR Pictoris

| +1.2{{cite book|last=Burnham|first=Robert |title=Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Volume Three: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|location=New York, New York|date=2013|orig-year=1977 |pages=1460–62|isbn=978-0-486-31803-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3drCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1460}}

1927

|EL Aquilae

| +5.5

1927

|XX Tauri

| +5.9

1933

|RS Ophiuchi

| +4.3

1934

|DQ Herculis

| +1.4

1936

|CP Lacertae

| +2.1

1936

|V368 Aquilae

| +5.0

1936

|V630 Sagittarii

| +4.0

1939

|BT Monocerotis

| +4.5

1942

|V450 Cygni

| +7.0

1942

|CP Puppis

| +0.3

1943

|V500 Aquilae

| +6.1

1944

|T Pyxidis

| +7.1

1945

|V528 Aquilae

| +7.0

1946

|T Coronae Borealis

| +3.0

1948

|CT Serpentis

| +6.0

1948

|V465 Cygni

| +7.3

1950

|DK Lacertae

| +5.0

1956

|RW Ursae Minoris

| +6.0{{cite journal |title = RW Ursae Minoris (1956): An Evolving Postnova System |author1=Bianchini, A. |author2=Tappert, C. |author3=Canterna, R. |author4=Tamburini, F. |author5=Osborne, H. |author6=Cantrell, K. |journal=The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |year=2003 |volume =115 |issue= 809 | pages = 811–18 | bibcode=2003PASP..115..811B|doi = 10.1086/376434 |s2cid=123571502 |doi-access=free }}

1958

|RS Ophiuchi

| +5.0

1960

|V446 Herculis

| +2.8

1963

|V533 Herculis

| +3.0

1964

|QZ Aurigae

| +6.0

1967

|T Pyxidis

| +6.7

1967

|HR Delphini

| +3.7

1967

|RS Ophiuchi

| +5.0

1968LV Vulpeculae+5.2
1970FH Serpentis+4.4
1970V1229 Aquilae+6.7
1970V1330 Cygni+7.5
1971IV Cephei+7.0
1975V1500 Cygni+1.7
1975V373 Scuti+6.0
1976NQ Vulpeculae+6.0
1977HS Sagittae+7.2
1978V1668 Cygni+6.0
1982V1370 Aquilae+6.0
1984PW Vulpeculae+6.4
1984QU Vulpeculae+5.2
1985RS Ophiuchi+5.4
1986V842 Centauri+4.6
1986OS Andromedae+6.3
1987V827 Herculis+7.5
1987QV Vulpeculae+7.0
1991V838 Herculis+5.0
1992V1974 Cygni+4.2
1993V705 Cassiopeiae+5.8
1999V382 Velorum+2.6
1999V1494 Aquilae+4.0
2000V445 Puppis+8.6
2002V4743 Sagittarii+5.0{{Cite web|url=https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=32443|title=VSX : Detail for V4743 Sgr|website=www.aavso.org}}
2006RS Ophiuchi+4.5
2007V1280 Scorpii+3.9{{Cite web|url=https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-346|title = Alert Notice 346: 1651-32 V1280 Sco = Nova Scorpii 2007 | aavso}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/newql.pl?name=V1280%20Sco&output=html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-05 |archive-date=2007-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302232338/http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/newql.pl?name=V1280%20Sco&output=html |url-status=dead }}
2009KT Eridani+5.5
2013

|V339 Delphini

| +4.3{{cite web

|url=http://www.aavso.org/lcg/plot?auid=000-BLC-933&starname=NOVA%20DEL%202013&lastdays=30&start=2456518.157746227&stop=2456528.157746227&obscode=&obscode_symbol=2&obstotals=yes&calendar=calendar&forcetics=&grid=on&visual=on&r=on&bband=on&v=on&pointsize=1&width=800&height=450&mag1=&mag2=&mean=&vmean=

|title=Light Curve Generator: AAVSO Data for Nova DEL 2013

|date=August 16, 2013

|access-date=August 16, 2013

|publisher=American Association of Variable Star Observers

|archive-date=August 20, 2013

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820012022/http://www.aavso.org/lcg/plot?auid=000-BLC-933&starname=NOVA%20DEL%202013&lastdays=30&start=2456518.157746227&stop=2456528.157746227&obscode=&obscode_symbol=2&obstotals=yes&calendar=calendar&forcetics=&grid=on&visual=on&r=on&bband=on&v=on&pointsize=1&width=800&height=450&mag1=&mag2=&mean=&vmean=

|url-status=dead

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2013V1369 Centauri+3.3IAU Circ., 9266, 2 (2013). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
2015V5668 Sagittarii+4.0CBET 4080 (March 20, 2015)Alan MacRobert [http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/nova-sagittarii-catch-it-while-you-still-can/ Nova Sagittarii: What a Long, Strange Fade It’s Been] Sky and Telescope April 29, 2015
2016V407 Lupi+5.6{{Cite web|url=https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=474105|title=VSX : Detail for V0407 Lup|website=www.aavso.org}}
2016V5856 Sagittarii+5.5{{Cite web|url=https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=474768|title=VSX : Detail for V5856 Sgr|website=www.aavso.org}}
2018FM Circini+5.8{{cite web |title=The International Variable Star Index |url=https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=555615 |website=aavso.org |publisher=AAVSO |access-date=12 January 2021}}
2018V906 Carinae+5.9{{Cite web|url=https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-626|title=Alert Notice 626: Bright nova in Carina - ASASSN-18fv | aavso.org|website=www.aavso.org}}
2018V392 Persei+6.2{{Cite web|url=https://www.popastro.com/main_spa1/blog/2018/04/30/nova-in-perseus/|title=Nova in Perseus|first=Robin|last=Scagell|date=April 30, 2018}}
2020YZ Reticuli+3.7{{Cite web|url=https://aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-711|title=Alert Notice 711: Nova in Reticulum: MGAB-V207 = N Ret 2020 | aavso.org|website=www.aavso.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=844392|title=VSX : Detail for N Ret 2020|website=www.aavso.org}}
2021RS Ophiuchi+4.6{{Cite web|url=https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-752|title=Alert Notice 752: Rare Outburst of Recurrent Nova RS Ophiuchi|website=www.aavso.org}}
2021V1674 Her+6.0
2021V1405 Cas+5.4
2022V415 Muscae+8.7

See also

Notes

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References

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{{cite journal |last1=Drake |first1=Jeremy J. |last2=Ness |first2=Jan-Uwe |last3=Page |first3=Kim L. |last4=Luna |first4=G. J. M. |last5=Beardmore |first5=Andrew P. |last6=Orio |first6=Marina |last7=Osborne |first7=Julian P. |last8=Mróz |first8=Przemek |author9-link=Sumner Starrfield |last9=Starrfield |first9=Sumner |last10=Banerjee |first10=Dipankar P. K. |last11=Balman |first11=Solen |last12=Darnley |first12=M. J. |last13=Bhargava |first13=Y. |last14=Dewangan |first14=G. C. |last15=Singh |first15=K. P. |title=The Remarkable Spin-down and Ultrafast Outflows of the Highly Pulsed Supersoft Source of Nova Herculis 2021 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |date=December 2021 |volume=922 |issue=2 |page=L42 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/ac34fd |arxiv=2110.14058 |bibcode=2021ApJ...922L..42D |s2cid=239998563 |doi-access=free }}

{{cite journal |last1=Munari |first1=U. |last2=Valisa |first2=P. |last3=Dallaporta |first3=S. |last4=Maitan |first4=A. |title=High ionization conditions finally emerge as Nova Cas 2021 (V1405 Cas) ends the plateau and embraces a steady decline |journal=The Astronomer's Telegram |date=December 2021 |volume=15093 |page=1 |bibcode=2021ATel15093....1M |url=https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=15093 |access-date=11 June 2022}}

{{cite web |title=V0415 Mus |url=https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=2227493 |website=The International Variable Star Index |publisher=AAVSO |access-date=16 July 2022}}

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External links

  • [http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/nova_list.html CBAT List of Novae in the Milky Way]

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