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    GK Persei (also Nova Persei 1901) was a bright nova first observed on Earth in 1901. It was discovered by Thomas David Anderson, an Edinburgh clergyman...
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    notable star systems in Perseus include X Persei, a binary system containing a neutron star, and GK Persei, a nova that peaked at magnitude 0.2 in 1901...
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    Verro, K.; Kolka, I. (2014). "A Dynamical Study of the Nova Remnant of GK Persei / Stella Novae: Past and Future Decades.". Stellar Novae: Past and Future...
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    Observatory images Helix Nebula by Spitzer Space Telescope, 2007 1901 GK Persei supernova by Chandra X-ray Observatory, 2015 Carina Nebula by Hubble Space...
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    mentioned at the end of Lovecraft's story is a real star, a nova known as GK Persei; the quotation is from Garrett P. Serviss' Astronomy with the Naked Eye...
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    Verro, K.; Kolka, I. (2014). A dynamical study of the nova remnant of GK Persei / stella novae: Past and future decades. Stellar Novae: Past and Future...
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    was first observed in 1902 by Jacobus Kapteyn in the ejecta of the nova GK Persei, which had exploded in 1901. His discovery was published in the German...
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    magnitude at minimum: the prototype DQ Herculis, and the unusual slow nova, GK Persei. In intermediate polar systems, material stripped from a red dwarf secondary...
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    astronomer Thomas David Anderson became the first person to notice the nova GK Persei. By February 23, it was the brightest star in the sky, reaching zero magnitude...
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  • distant from Earth, explodes in a nova. The light from the star, now called GK Persei, was first detected on Earth on February 21, 1901. January 13 – Hilary...
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    GK Persei (Nova Persei 1901), which showed Wolf–Rayet features in its spectrum...
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    International Year of Light 2015 Cluster of newly formed stars in Orion Nebula GK Persei: Nova of 1901 X-ray light rings from a neutron star in Circinus X-1 Cygnus...
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    consisting of γ Persei, η Persei, α Persei, ψ Persei, δ Persei, 48 Persei, μ Persei and HD 27084. Consequently, the Chinese name for γ Persei itself is 天船二...
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  • 1877 AB Boötis +4.5 1887 V Persei +4.0 1891 T Aurigae +3.8 1898 V1059 Sagittarii +4.5 1899 V606 Aquilae +5.5 1901 GK Persei +0.2 1903 DM Geminorum +4.8...
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  • distant from Earth, explodes in a nova. The light from the star, now called GK Persei, was first detected on Earth on February 21, 1901. Spring – Emperor Valentinian...
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  • Tethys. Her name was also spelled as Persa, Perseide, Persea or Perseis (Περσηίς, Persēís). Perse married Helios, the god of the sun, and bore him several...
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    plateau at maximum brightness, and it has been compared to the classic nova GK Persei. Based on this, it has been proposed that BV Centauri could have generated...
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    ; Tylenda, Romuald (March 2022). "A search for cool molecular gas in GK Persei and other classical novae". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 659: A109. arXiv:2201...
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  • [@RussianSpaceWeb] (22 December 2023). "Roskosmos says "Orion" space tug (a.k.a. Persei/Block DM-03) was shipped to Vostochny spaceport for the first launch of...
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    of Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus; Perseis, wife of Helios and mother of Circe and Aeetes; Idyia, wife of Aeetes and...
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  • Hecate, Luna and Trivia. From her father Perses, Hecate is often called “Perseis” (meaning “daughter of Perses”) which is also the name of one of the Oceanid...
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  • Corpses Pi Persei Perseus A single-star asterism in the Stomach mansion. 積水 Jī Shuǐ Stored Water Lambda Persei 天讒 Tiān Chán Celestial Slander 42 Persei 北落師門...
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