T Aurigae

T Aurigae
Observation data; Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Auriga
Right ascension	05h 31m 58.64s
Declination	+30° 26′ 45.2″
Apparent magnitude (V)	3Max.; 15Min.
Other designations
	Nova Aur 1891, GCRV 56251, Lan 652, SBC9 326, BD+30° 923a, HD 36294, CDS 507, HR 1841, AAVSO 0525+30
Database references
SIMBAD	data

T Aurigae (or Nova Aurigae 1891) was a nova, which lit up in the constellation Auriga in 1891. It reached a brightness of 3.8 mag and decreased within 100 days by around 3 mag.

Today T Aurigae has a brightness of 15 mag.

It was discovered by Thomas David Anderson on February 1, several months after its peak.^[1] Anderson later discovered Nova Persei 1901.

References

^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20050912175943/http://www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp/curators/aroom/var/nova/1600.htm

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[1] Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

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