Questions tagged [nova]
For questions about stellar explosions on white dwarfs caused by runaway fusion reactions in an accreted hydrogen atmoshphere and visible as a "new star". Distinct from a supernova.
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Does Nickel show up in spectra of Nova?
Does a nova, not a supernova, get hot enough that nickel is produced despite its formation by fusion being an endothermic reaction? If nickel is made, does it make it out of the star into the nebula?
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Distance and absolute brightness
This is an exercise from a text, I’m learning from and I can’t understand it so I’m asking just to develop my knowledge:
The explosion of V603 Aql (Nova Aquilae) took place in June 1918. The nova ...