Strange Quarks

The light curves of the two recent bright southern novae, V462 Lup and V572 Vel, have developed somewhat since I last wrote about them, the first peaking at magnitude 5.2, now 11.1, and the second peaking at 4.8, now 10.3.

T CrB remains quiet and foreboding, low in the early NW evening sky, taunting us with its pre-eruption ellipsoidal variations.

Writing this update reminded me of a long-standing plan to write a nova distance calculator plug-in for VStar, based upon the rate of decline of a nova.

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