T Pyxidis (T Pyx) is a recurrent nova and nova remnant in the constellation Pyxis. It is a binary star system and its distance is estimated at 4,783 parsecs...
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Nova Persei 1901 or the energies remaining in the expanding bubbles like T Pyxidis. Most novae require a close binary system, with a white dwarf and a main...
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explosion. T Coronae Borealis is one of a handful of stars called recurrent novae, which include T Pyxidis and U Scorpii. An outburst of T Coronae Borealis...
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the dense atmosphere of the white dwarf after each ignition, as in the star T Coronae Borealis. Under certain conditions, mass accretion can eventually...
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Committee of Photographic Magnitudes in 1913. In 1913, Leavitt discovered T Pyxidis, a recurrent nova in the constellation Pyxis, and one of the most frequent...
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(January 2010). "The Nova Shell and Evolution of the Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis". The Astrophysical Journal. 708 (1): 381–402. arXiv:0906.0933. Bibcode:2010ApJ...
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about 4 to 9 magnitudes, repeating every 10 to 80 years. Examples include T Pyxidis and RS Ophiuchi. Dwarf novae Dwarf novae, or U Geminorum stars, are cataclysmic...
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supernovae Variable star A higher magnitude means a lower brightness. i.e. T Aurigae (+3.8) was a brighter nova than HR Lyrae (+6.5) Prialnik, Dina. "Novae"...
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Alpha Pyxidis, Latinised from α Pyxidis, is a giant star in the constellation Pyxis. It has a stellar classification of B1.5III and is a Beta Cephei variable...
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