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V455 And
V515 And
AE Aqr
FO Aqr
V349 Aqr
XY Ari
V405 Aur
V647 Aur
HT Cam
MU Cam
DW Cnc
BG CMi
V709 Cas
V1025 Cen
V1033 Cas
TV Col
TX Col
UU Col
V2069 Cyg
V2306 Cyg
DO Dra
PQ Gem
V418 Gem
DQ Her
V1323 Her
V1460 Her
V1674 Her
EX Hya
NY Lup
V2400 Oph
V2731 Oph
V3037 Oph
V598 Peg
GK Per
AO Psc
HZ Pup
V667 Pup
WX Pyx
V1223 Sgr
V4743 Sgr
CC Scl
V1062 Tau
EI UMa
AX J1740.1
AX J1832.3
AX J1853.3
CTCV J2056
CXO J174954
IGR J04571
IGR J08390
IGR J15094
IGR J16500
IGR J16547
IGR J17014
IGR J17195
IGR J18151
IGR J18173
IGR J18308
IGR J19267
LAMOST 0240
PBC J0927.8
PBC J1841.1
RX J1804
RX J2015
RX J2113
RX J2133
RX J2306
Swift J0717
Swift J1839
Swift J2006
Swift J2138

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GK Persei = Nova Persei 1901

Links to this object in VSX and in Swift BAT 157 month survey

A finding chart for GK Per

SkyView image of GK Per (see important notes).

Position:
  • Equatorial: 03h31m12.00s, +43d54m15.2s (Gaia)
  • Galactic: l=150.96, b=-10.10
Finding Chart:
Brightness:
Optical: G=12.6 (Gaia); X-rays: 6.1x10-11 ergs cm-2s-1 (BAT 157m; 14-195 keV), 3.2x10-11 ergs cm-2s-1 (ASCA, 2-10 keV, in quiescence), 1.6x10-10 ergs cm-2s-1 (4XMM-DR11, in outburst)
IP Credential:
***** (Ironclad) Spin period is seen in multiple independent X-ray observations (mostly during outbursts), and orbital period is seen in optical spectroscopy.
Periods:
  • Orbital: 1.996872(9) d = 47.9249 h = 172529.7 s seen in optical spectroscopy.
    Secondary's maximum redshift at HJD2458095.709(2)+1.996872(9)E
    (Alvarez-Hernandez et al. (2021))
  • Spin: 0.00406634 d = 5.85530 min = 351.332 s, seen in X-rays and optical.
    Tmax=HEJD 2452360.9113(1) + 0.00406634(2)E - (3.5+/-0.6)x10-14E2
    (Mauche (2004))
  • Others: ?
Inclination:
67+/-5
Distance:
429.5 (423.9-436.1) pc (Gaia EDR3; parallax: 2.306+/-0.041 mas)

References

We will not even attempt to list pre-1980 papers that deal exclusively with the classical nova event of 1901; see the Bode and Evans book on Classical Novae for that.

  1. Kraft 1964 (optical spectroscopy)
  2. Mumford 1968 (optical photometry during outburst)
  3. King, Ricketts & Warwick 1979 (X-ray detection during outburst)
  4. Becker & Marshall 1981 (X-rays)
  5. Bianchini, Sabbadin & Hamzaoglu 1981 (optical spectroscopy)
  6. Patterson 1981 (X-ray to optical flux ratios)
  7. Bianchini, Sabbadin & Hamzaoglu 1982 (optical photometry and spectroscopy)
  8. Rosino, Bianchini & Rafanelli 1982 (UV spectroscopy)
  9. Bianchini & Sabbadin 1983 (UV spectroscopy)
  10. Willams 1983 (optical spectroscopy and finding charts)
  11. Sabbadi & Bianchini 1983 (long-term optical photometry)
  12. Watson, King & Osborne 1985 (X-rays)
  13. Szkody, Mateo & Mattei 1985 (Optical photometry & spectroscopy during outburst)
  14. Bianchini & Sabbadin 1985 (comparison of X-ray & optical outburst light curves)
  15. Mazeh et al. 1985 (optical photometry)
  16. Crampton, Cowley & Fisher 1986 (optical spectroscopy)
  17. Hutchings & Cote 1986 (optical spectroscopy)
  18. Bianchini et al. 1986 (optical photometry of outbursts)
  19. Bode et al. 1987 (infrared imaging)
  20. Norton, Watson & King 1988 (X-rays)
  21. Wu et al. 1989 (ultraviolet spectroscopy and optical & infrared photometry during an outburst)
  22. Norton & Watson 1989a (spin equilbrium)
  23. Norton & Watson 1989b (X-rays)
  24. Angelini & Verbunt 1989 (outburst)
  25. Hessman et al. 1989 (radio)
  26. Seaquist et al. 1989 (radio, infrared & optical imaging)
  27. Eracleous, Patterson & Halpern 1991 (X-ray timing)
  28. Ishida 1991 (X-rays)
  29. Eracleous, Halpern & Patterson 1991 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  30. Patterson 1991 (X-ray and optical timing)
  31. Ishida et al. 1992 (X-rays)
  32. Hellier 1992 (X-ray timing)
  33. Stockman et al. 1992 (optical polarimetry)
  34. Reinsch 1994 (optical spectroscopy)
  35. Hellier & Livio 1994 (X-rays)
  36. Garlick et al. 1994 (optical spectroscopy)
  37. Mattei 1996 (visual magnitudes)
  38. Richman 1996 (X-rays)
  39. Pezzuto, Bianchini & Stagni 1996 (optical photometry during outburst)
  40. Morales-Rueda, Still & Roche 1996 (optical spectrophotometry during outburst)
  41. Mauche, Lee & Kallman 1997 (ultraviolet spectroscopy)
  42. Cropper, Ramsay & Wu 1998 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  43. Hellier, Mukai & Osborne 1998 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  44. Ezuka & Ishida 1999 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  45. Balman & Ogelman 1999 (X-ray imaging)
  46. Morales-Rueda, Still & Roche 1999 (spectrophotometry during outburst)
  47. Morales-Rueda et al. 2002 (optical spectroscopy)
  48. Simon 2002 (archival photometry)
  49. Nogami, Kato & Baba 2002 (optical photometry)
  50. Mukai et al. 2003 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  51. Bianchini et al. 2003 (optical spectroscopy)
  52. Hellier, Harmer & Beardmore 2004 (X-ray timing)
  53. Hellier & Mukai 2004 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  54. Mauche 2004 (X-ray timing)
  55. Anupama & Kantharia 1999 (optical & radio imaging of the nebula)
  56. Suleimanov, Revnivtsev & Ritter 2005 (X-ray spcectroscopy)
  57. Vrielmann, Ness & Schmitt 2005 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  58. Barlow et al. 2006 (hard X-ray survey)
  59. Evans & Hellier 2007 (X-rays - soft component search)
  60. Revnivtsev et al. 2008 (analysis of INTEGRAL sample)
  61. Landi et al. 2009 (X-rays)
  62. Brunschweiger et al. 2009 (X-rays)
  63. Evans et al. 2009 (X-ray, ultraviolet & optical)
  64. Scaringi et al. 2010 (X-rays)
  65. Anzolin et al. 2010 (X-ray flickering)
  66. Galis et al. 2010 (X-rays)
  67. Shara et al. 2012 (optial imaging and spectroscopy)
  68. Pretorius & Mukai 2014 (space density)
  69. Schlegel et al. 2014 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  70. Simon 2015 (X-ray monitors and optical photometry)
  71. Takei et al. 2015 (X-ray imaging)
  72. Suleimanov et al. 2016 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  73. Yuasa, Hayashi & Ishida 2016 (X-rays)
  74. Harvey et al. 2016 (optical spectroscopy and imaging)
  75. Hameury & Lasota 2017 (disk instability model for IPs)
  76. Zemko et al. 2017 (X-rays)
  77. Barrett et al. 2017 (radio)
  78. Campana et al. 2018 (optical & multiwavelength)
  79. Wada et al. 2018 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  80. Schwope 2018 (space density)
  81. Suleimanov, Doroshenko & Werner 2019 (X-ray spectroscopy)
  82. Alvarez-Hernandez et al. 2021 (optical spectroscopy and photometry)


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