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(cba:news) NR TrA and IM Nor, recent novae (Joe Patterson) [2014-05-17T10:45:40Z]



Dear (southern) CBAers,

We're getting some great data from Gordon Myers this week on NR TrA, and the seasonal timing is mighty good. The next couple of weeks offer a great opportunity to do a round-the-world sweep on this extremely fascinating star - which Fred Walter has been covering with spectroscopy since its 2008 nova eruption. About mag 16.7.

Then there's IM Nor, a recurrent nova and a 2002 erupter - of extra special interest to us because its probable binary period is so short (a likely friend of T Pyx, which urgently needs friends). Quite a challenge, around 18.5... and I believe only Berto has been able to get data on it. But maybe things have changed; probably all of us, except for me, are slightly better photometrists than we were a few years ago. On a good night, can you try to get time series on it?

joe
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