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    CK Vulpeculae (also Nova Vulpeculae 1670) is an object whose exact nature is unknown. It was once considered to be the oldest reliably-documented nova...
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    into his catalog as a star called "34 Tauri". 11 Vulpeculae was a nova, now known as CK Vulpeculae. Many of them were caused by arithmetic errors made...
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    could also exist brown dwarfs that merged with white dwarfs. The nova CK Vulpeculae might be a result of such a white dwarf–brown dwarf merger. Substellar...
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  • widespread use, it has begun to be applied to some objects like KjPn 8 and CK Vulpeculae for which no transient event has been observed, but which may have been...
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  • Year Nova Maximum brightness 1612 04550 Leonis +4.0 1670 CK Vulpeculae +2.6 1673 03846 Puppis +3.0 1678 V529 Orionis +6 1783 WY Sagittae +5.4 1848 V841...
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  • star Mira. He is credited with being the first to observe the Nova 1670 Vulpeculae, the first ordinary nova discovered in modern times. In 1681, he published...
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  • has already been used to try to explain the mysterious outburst of CK Vulpeculae in 1670–1672 that has puzzled scientists for centuries. Past spectroscopic...
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    identified the post-nova star), with only CK Vulpeculae being older. But Naylor et al. argue that CK Vulpeculae is not a nova, and WY Sagittae is the oldest...
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    Harrison, Thomas E. (1996). "A Near-Infrared Survey of Old Novae--II. CK Vulpeculae and V605 Aquilae". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific...
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    Modelling VLTI/GRAVITY and MATISSE observations of AH Sco, KW Sgr, V602 Car, CK Car and V460 Car". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 683: A19. arXiv:2312.12521. doi:10...
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