V604 Aquilae

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V604 Aquilae was a nova that appeared in the Eagle constellation in 1905 .

The nova was discovered on August 31, 1905 by W. Feming on Harvard University photographic plates . A review of older photo plates showed that the Nova had a maximum brightness of 8.2 mag in mid-August 1905 . In 1994 a minimum brightness of 19.6 mag was measured. Further measurements showed that the brightness of V604 Aquilae varies irregularly by up to 0.25 mag.

Coordinates (Equinox 2000.0)

Individual evidence

  1. a b c mnras.oxfordjournals.org: Life after eruption - IV. Spectroscopy of 13 old novae, accessed on July 30, 2017