T Scorpii

Scorpio constellation

Globular cluster Messier 80

T Scorpii (also Nova Scorpii 1860 ) was a nova in the globular cluster Messier 80 in the constellation Scorpio , which was discovered on May 21, 1860 by Arthur von Auwers through the Königsberg observatory and by Norman Pogson on May 28, 1860 independently through the Hartwell observatory . When it was discovered, the Nova had a brightness of 7.5 ^m . With its maximum luminosity of 6.8 ^m , it outshone the entire globular cluster.

Coordinates

Right ascension : 16 ^h 17 ^m 02 ^s .82
Declination : −22 ° 258 '33 ". 9

Individual evidence

↑ A. Auwers: From a letter to the editor . In: Astronomical News . 114, No. 3, 1886, pp. 47-48. bibcode : 1886AN .... 114 ... 47A . doi : 10.1002 / asna.18861140310 .
^ N. Pogson: Changes observed in the Cluster 80 Messier . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 21, 1860, pp. 32-33. bibcode : 1860MNRAS..21 ... 32P . doi : 10.1093 / mnras / 21.1.32 .
^ Stoyan, Ronald et al., Atlas of the Messier Objects, Cambridge University Press, 2008, page 275.
↑ VSX: Detail for T Sco . AAVSO. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2017.

[1] A. Auwers: From a letter to the editor . In: Astronomical News . 114, No. 3, 1886, pp. 47-48. bibcode : 1886AN .... 114 ... 47A . doi : 10.1002 / asna.18861140310 .

[2] N. Pogson: Changes observed in the Cluster 80 Messier . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 21, 1860, pp. 32-33. bibcode : 1860MNRAS..21 ... 32P . doi : 10.1093 / mnras / 21.1.32 .

[3] Stoyan, Ronald et al., Atlas of the Messier Objects, Cambridge University Press, 2008, page 275.

[4] VSX: Detail for T Sco . AAVSO. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2017.