[vsnet-chat 2264] Re: re Novae 1990 - 1999

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-chat 2262] Re: re Novae 1990 - 1999

> > V4338 Sgr 1990                -175229         W Liller     90 Feb 23
> Probably a dwarf nova

   This object is quite strange.  The spectrum suggests a dwarf nova, while
the extinction and the outburst amplitude suggests a more distant nova
(as we had discussions on vsnet-chat already).  Any improvements since?

   This may represent a new class of cataclysmic variables.

   Looking back to the 1980's we can find several drastic differences in
novae discovery and confirmation procedures: many of novae were left
without spectroscopy.  Nova Sgr 1986 only given NSV 24159, with an "NL"
classification.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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