GQ Muscae

GQ Muscae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Musca
Right ascension 11h 52m 02.35s [1]
Declination −67° 12′ 20.2″ [1]

GQ Muscae, also known as Nova Muscae 1983 is a binary star system in the constellation Musca composed of a white dwarf and small star that is about 10% as massive as the Sun. The two orbit each other every 1.4 hours. The white dwarf accumulates material from its companion star on its accretion disc until it erupts, as it did in 1983, reaching a magnitude of 7.2.[2] Discovered with a magnitude of 7.1 on 18 January 1983,[3] it was the first nova from which X-rays were detected.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "NOVA Mus 1983 -- Nova". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Hachisu, Izumi; Kato, Mariko; Cassatella, Angelo (2008). "A Universal Decline Law of Classical Novae. III. GQ Muscae 1983". The Astrophysical Journal. 687: 1236–52. arXiv:0806.4253Freely accessible. Bibcode:2008ApJ...687.1236H. doi:10.1086/591415.
  3. ↑ Liller, William (1990). Cambridge Astronomy Guide. Cambridge, United Kingdom: CUP Archive. p. 105. ISBN 0-521-39915-7.
  4. ↑ Duerbeck, H.W. (2009). "New Stars and Telescopes: Nova Research in the Last Four Centuries" (PDF). Astronomische Nachrichten. 330 (6): 568–73. Bibcode:2009AN....330..568D. doi:10.1002/asna.200911218.


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