Swift observations of the early development of the 2016 eruption of the recurrent nova LMCN 1968-12a (OGLE-2016-NOVA-01)
Abstract
The 2016 eruption of the LMC recurrent nova (RN) LMCN 1968-12a was announced in ATel #8578. This eruption is the fifth recorded following 1968 (Sievers 1970), 1990 (see Shore et al. 1991), 2002 and 2010 (for both see Mr & oacute;z et al. 2014), suggestive of a recurrence period of ~6 years.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- January 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016ATel.8587....1D
- Keywords:
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- Nova;
- Transient