Identifications and astrometric positions of old novae.
Abstract
Positions with an average accuracy of 0'.'8 (i.e.) are presented for 18 classical novae (outburst dates 1780 to 1975), four recurrent novae plus two additional cataclysmic variables. Large-scale finding charts are reproduced for V606 Aql 1899, V604 Aql 1904, RR Pic 1925, BD Pav 1934, CT Ser 1948, V373 Sct 1975, vY Aqr, WX Cet, and KY Ara, and references to finding charts given for the other objects. A simple technique for reidentifying classical novae as faint-field stars during late post-outburst stages ( several months to years after outburst) is described. The importance of producing good-quality finding charts and accurate coordinates of classical novae is stressed. Key words: novae-variable stars-cataclysmic variables-finding charts
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- October 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1086/130384
- Bibcode:
- 1978PASP...90..557W
- Keywords:
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- Astrometry;
- Astronomical Maps;
- Novae;
- Astronomical Coordinates;
- Identifying;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Astronomy;
- Novae:Finding Charts;
- Novae:Positions