V842 Centauri

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Centaur constellation

V842 Centauri was a nova that appeared in the constellation Centaur in 1986 and reached a magnitude of 4.6 mag . It was considered a moderately fast nova that faded by three orders of magnitude after 48 days. In 2010 it was stopped down to 16.5 m , but still two orders of magnitude brighter than before the Nova eruption.

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  1. V842 Centauri = Nova Centauri 1986 No. 2 . In: NASA website . Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Whitelock, PA: Nova Cen 1986 . In: Monthly Notes of the Astron. Soc. Southern Africa . 46, 1987, pp. 72. bibcode : 1987MNSSA..46 ... 72W .