V838 Herculis
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v838-herculis-281-155026
title:
V838 Herculis
text:
V838 Herculis, also known as Nova Herculis 1991, was a nova which occurred in the constellation Hercules in 1991. It was discovered by George Alcock of Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, England at 4:35 UT on the morning of 25 March 1991. He found it with 10×50 binoculars, and on that morning its apparent visual magnitude was 5. Palomar Sky Survey plates showed that before the outburst, the star was at photographic magnitude 20.6 and 18.25. V838 Herculis declined from its peak brightness very quickly, fadi
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description:
1991 Nova seen in the constellation Hercules
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V838_Herculis
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date modified:
2023-09-10T20:50:37Z
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