T Pyxidis
(T Pyx) (well-known recurrent nova)
T Pyxidis (T Pyx ) is a recurrent nova within the Milky Way
which has erupted three times in the last hundred years, in 1944,
1967, and 2011, the latter which resulted in considerable observation
and research.
It is a binary star that includes a white dwarf and is considered
a potential progenitor for a Type Ia supernova .
Other such Milky-Way recurrent novae include
RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) IM Normae (IM Nor)
(star,binary star,variable star )
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Pyxidis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova#Recurrent_novae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IM_Normae
https://www.aavso.org/vsots_tpyx
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=t+pyx
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.424L..69E/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...773...55S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...788..130C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...785...78N/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AJ....147..107S/abstract
Redshift Parsecs Lightyears
~0 3.19kpc 10.4kly T Pyxidis
Coordinates: T Pyx
Referenced by pages:
IM Normae (IM Nor)
RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph)
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB)
Notes to myself regarding this page Index