GK Persei

GK Persei
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0
GK Persei: Nova of 1901.
Constellation	Perseus
Right ascension	03^h 31^m 11.82^s^[1]
Declination	+43° 54′ 16.8″^[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type	Be+K2sdI
Astrometry

Distance	1533 ^[2] ly (459.9 pc)

Other designations

GK Persei (also Nova Persei 1901) was a bright nova occurring in 1901. It reached a maximum magnitude of 0.2, the brightest nova of modern times until Nova Aquilae 1918. After fading into obscurity at about magnitude 12 to 13 during the early 20th century, GK Persei began displaying infrequent outbursts of 2 to 3 magnitudes (about 7 to 15 times quiescent brightness). Since about 1980, these outbursts have become quite regular, typically lasting about two months and occurring about every three years. Thus, GK Persei seems to have changed from a classical nova like Nova Aquilae 1918 to something resembling a typical dwarf nova-type cataclysmic variable star.

Surrounding GK Persei is the Firework nebula, a nova remnant first detected in 1902 consisting of an expanding cloud of gas and dust bubbles moving up to 1200 km/s.^[3]

Nova Persei 1901 was discovered 21 February by Scottish clergyman Thomas David Anderson.^[4]

Popular culture

This nova figures in the plot of H. P. Lovecraft's short story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep".

Nova Persei 1901

References

1 2 Downes, Ronald; Webbink, Ronald F.; Shara, Michael M. (April 1997), "A Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables-Second Edition", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 109: 345–440, Bibcode:1997PASP..109..345D, doi:10.1086/133900
↑ Nova Persei 1901
↑ "NOAO". NOAO. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
↑ GK Persei

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Stars of Perseus

Bayer	α (Mirfak / Algenib) β (Algol, Gorgonea Prima) γ δ ε ζ η (Miram) θ ι κ (Misam) λ μ ν ξ (Menkib) ο (Atik) π (Gorgonea Secunda) ρ (Gorgonea Tertia) σ τ φ ψ ω (Gorgonea Quarta) b

Flamsteed	1 2 3 4 5 7 (χ) 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 17 20 21 24 29 30 31 32 34 36 40 42 43 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 1 Aur

Variable	S T U V X Z RS RT RV RW RY ST SU SV TZ UV UX UY VX XY XZ YZ AB AG AR AS AW AX BM DM DY FO GK IK IP IQ IU IW IX IZ KP KS KT KW LX V351 V356 V357 V361 V376 V380 V386 V396 V400 V423 V432 V440 V459 V461 V471 V472 V473 V480 V490 V492 V493 V505 V509 V520 (61 And) V521 V545 V551 V572 V573 V575 V576 V621 V718

HR	470 526 529 538 540 621 641 787 792 810 820 831 842 846 849 864 865 876 885 886 890 894 918 920 923 930 949 950 956 964 966 969 973 975 979 986 991 1001 1019 1034 1037 1041 1047 1051 1056 1059 1074 1097 1113 1127 1130 1133 1141 1160 1164 1176 1191 1197 1198 1207 1215 1226 1234 1286 1301 1330 1333 1337 1344 1371 1390 1419 1424 1482 1489 1493 1500 1514

HD	13519 14433 14434 16691 16760 17092 17245 17605 21684 22781 23301 23596 25329 26702 29587

Gliese	GJ 1068

Other	BD+31 643 BD+48 740 G 38-29 G 95-57 GD 61 GRO J0422+32 HAT-P-15 HAT-P-29 IRAS 04296+3429 L1448-IRS2E LkHα 101 LRLL 54361 NGC 1333 13 NGC 1333 IRAS 2A NGC 1333 IRAS 4A NGC 1333 IRAS 4B NSV 1436 PSR B0355+54 PSR J0357+3205

List

Novae

Recurrent novae	T Coronae Borealis (1946) RS Ophiuchi (2006) U Scorpii (2010) T Pyxidis (2011)

Classical novae	CK Vulpeculae (1670) T Scorpii (1860) T Aurigae (1891) Nova Sagittarii 1898 (1898) V606 Aquilae (1899) GK Persei (1901) DM Geminorum (1903) V604 Aquilae (1905) DI Lacertae (1910) DN Geminorum (1912) V603 Aquilae (1918) HR Lyrae (1919) V849 Ophiuchi (1919) V476 Cygni (1920) RR Pictoris (1925) XX Tauri (1927) DQ Herculis (1934) CP Lacertae (1936) BT Monocerotis (1939) CP Puppis (1942) V500 Aquilae (1943) CT Serpentis (1948) DK Lacertae (1950) RW Ursae Minoris (1956) V446 Herculis (1960) V533 Herculis (1963) HR Delphini (1967) FH Serpentis (1970) V1500 Cygni (1975) V373 Scuti (1975) NQ Vulpeculae (1976) V1668 Cygni (1978) QU Vulpeculae (1984) V842 Centauri (1986) V838 Herculis (1991) V1974 Cygni (1992) V382 Velorum (1999) V1494 Aquilae (1999) V445 Puppis (2000) V598 Puppis (2007) V1280 Scorpii (2007) KT Eridani (2009) V339 Delphini (2013) V1369 Centauri (2013) V5668 Sagittarii (2015)

See also: List of novae in the Milky Way galaxy

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