Was HV 8005 (NSV 213) a Nova?

 

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Elena V. Kazarovets

Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 48 Pyatnitskaya Street, Moscow 119017, Russia

 

Nikolai N. Samus

Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences

 

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Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, 13 University Avenue, Moscow 119992, Russia

 

Martha L. Hazen

Harvard College Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

 

David B. Williams

AAVSO, 25 Birch Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

 

Denis V. Denissenko

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 84/32 Profsoyuznaya Street, Moscow 117997, Russia

 

Received June 2, 2004

 

Abstract  Near the position published by W. J. Luyten for his variable HV 8005, there is an image marked by Luyten on a Harvard plate. The object is present on this plate only and could have been a nova.

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