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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Started conversation Aug 17, 2013
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Nova Delphini 2013
On 14 August, 2013, Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki was studying the Summer Triangle, an asterism (a shape made up by joining stars which is not a recognised constellation) coined by Sir Patrick Moore, when he noticed something unusual in this constellation. It seemed to have an extra star! After studying it with his telescope, he reported his finding and lo and behold, it turned out to be a nova, the sudden brightening of a star (in this case, by 11 magnitudes) due to an outburst. It has been catalogued Nova Delphini 2013 and it featured as Astronomy Picture of the Day on 16 August just two days after Koichi's discovery.
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