noun
definition
Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
Examples of novae in a Sentence
Voet now issued, under the name of Martin Schoock, one of his pupils, a pamphlet with the title of Methodus novae philosophiae Renati Descartes, in which atheism and infidelity were openly declared to be the effect of the new teaching.
The gallinaceous birds are represented by a quail, Coturnix novae zealandiae, now exterminated.
At a printing-press established in Walther's house by Regiomontanus, Purbach's Theoricae planetarum novae was published in 1472 or 1473; a series of popular calendars issued from it, and in 1474 a volume of Ephemerides calculated by Regiomontanus for thirty-two years (1474-1506), in which the method of "lunar distances," for determining the longitude at sea, was recommended and explained.
This was the City of Hadrian (Hadrianapolis) or New Athens (Novae Athenae); a handsome suburb with numerous villas, baths and gardens; some traces remain of its walls, which, like those of Themistocles, were fortified with rectangular towers.
Purbach's Theoricae Novae Planetarum (1542), and probably got it from Maurolycus.
The publication of his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (in 1810), according to the natural method, led the way to the adoption of that method in the -universities and schools of Britain.
Sistova is identified with the Roman colony Novae mentioned by Ptolemy.
Among the species described may be mentioned P. leuckarti (Saenger), P. insignis (Dendy), P. oviparus (Dendy), P. viridimaculatus (Dendy), P. novae zealandiae (Hutton), but it is by no means certain that future research will maintain these.
One species only known, P. novae britanniae (Willey).
Classical novae are seen to erupt once, and the amplitude of the outburst is the largest among CVs.
Nova rising soon after to mag 4 making it one of the brightest nova rising soon after to mag 4 making it one of the brightest novae for some years.
Examples include finding novae, SNRs, or minor planets using a blink photometer.