CT Serpentis
1948 nova in the constellation Serpens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CT Serpentis (also known as Nova Serpentis 1948) was a nova that appeared in the constellation Serpens in 1948. It was discovered by Ramze Alexander Bartaya at Abastumani Observatory on 9 April 1946.[5][6] It is thought to have reached magnitude 6.0,[7] but this is an extrapolation of its light curve as it was not observed until 9 April 1948 when it was at magnitude 9.0 and fading—clearly past its maximum.[8]
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Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Serpens |
Right ascension | 15h 45m 39.0752s[1] |
Declination | +14° 22′ 31.7590″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | ~5 Max. 16.6 Min.[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | CV[3] |
Variable type | Nova[2] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 3.780±0.119[1] mas/yr[1] Dec.: −22.338±0.095 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 0.2304 ± 0.0629 mas[1] |
Distance | 2774+495 −268[2] pc |
Details | |
Surface gravity (log g) | 9.88±0.13[3] cgs |
Temperature | 10,772±230[3] K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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