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guest star

position:

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891

old spelling:

Tung-Hsien

duration:
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colour etc.:
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supernova?

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nova

suggested

supernova candidates

nova candidates

no SNR/ PSR candidate

U Sco, ASASSN-15dl

alternatives:
         comet, microlensing or

...

most likely:

known recurrent nova U Sco is ~2° away

Reference (see publications)

Paper 0: Protte and Hoffmann, AN, 2020 

Paper 1: Vogt, Hoffmann, Tappert, AN, 2019 

Paper 2: Hoffmann, MNRAS 2019 

Paper 3: Hoffmann, Vogt, Protte, AN, 2020 

Paper 4: Hoffmann and Vogt, MNRAS, 2020

Paper 5: Hoffmann and Vogt, MNRAS, 2020

Paper 6: Hoffmann and Vogt, MNRAS, 2020

Book: Wolfschmidt and Hoffmann (eds.) 2021

Paper 7: Hoffmann, Vogt, New Astronomy, 2022

Reference

Paper 5

Reference

Paper 5, comet trail also possible

Map of the search field

no SNR/ PSR candidate

red ovals: all SNRs in field, 
blue asterixes: pulsars in the field

known recurrent nova U Sco is ~2° away
known recurrent nova U Sco is ~2° away

diamonds: all CVs in field, 
filled diamonds: bright enough

cyan ovals: all PNe in field, 
diamonds: symbiotic & CVs

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