QU Vulpeculae

QU Vulpeculae was a nova, which occurred in 1984 in the constellation Vulpecula and which reached a brightness of 5.2 mag. Peter Collins an amateur astronomer from Cardiff, California discovered this nova on December 22, 1984. The apparent magnitude was 6.8 at the time of discovery.[4]

QU Vulpeculae
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Vulpecula
Right ascension  20h 26m 46.0200s[1]
Declination +27° 50′ 43.1634″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.3 Max.
17.9 Min.[2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 1.325±0.509[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −3.125±0.522[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.7392 ± 0.3657[1] mas
Distance1786+3495
−196[2] pc
Other designations
AAVSO 2022+27, Gaia DR2 1860040595206017664[2], Nova Vul 1984 b, Nova Vul 2[3]
Database references
SIMBADdata

References
  1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. Schaefer, Bradley E. (2018). "The distances to Novae as seen by Gaia". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 481 (3): 3033–3051. arXiv:1809.00180. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.481.3033S. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2388.
  3. "NOVA Vul 1984 b". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. Green, Daniel W. E. (December 24, 1984). "IAUC 4023: N Vul 1984 No. 2; N Aql 1984; N Vul 1984 No. 1; 1984t". International Astronomical Union Circular. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Bibcode:1984IAUC.4023....1C. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
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