GK Persei
The New Star of the 20thCentury
Nova Remnant GK Per |
Nova Remnant GK Per |
This season, we're trying something different for our Variable Star of the Season feature. For the January 2012 edition, we asked former AAVSO Councillor Dr.
An artist's impression of a cataclysmic variable (CV) star. |
Discovered in 1908 by L. Ceraski of Moscow, the variable SU Ursae Majoris is located near the tip of the nose of the Great Bear constellation of Ursa Major, about 3° northwest of the bright star omicron Ursae Majoris. SU UMa belongs to the dwarf nova class of cataclysmic variable stars (CVs), being similar to U Geminorum, SS Cygni, and Z Camelopardalis subtypes in terms of the physical system.
WZ Sge went into a rare outburst on July 23, 2001. At bottom right, star appears about 1.5 mag. fainter as on Aug 10.8 UT. |
Then with nostrils wide distended, |
"The stars that have most glory, have no rest." -Samuel Daniel in History of the Civil War