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V339 Delphini

(V339 Del, Nova Delphini 2013)
(2013 nova showing lithium synthesis)

V339 Delphini (or Nova Delphini 2013 or V339 Del) is a classical nova discovered during an eruption in 2013 that peaked at a magnitude of +4.3. It was the first nova in which signs of lithium synthesis were found, a process that had been theorized to occur but had never been detected. Observed absorption lines were interpreted as those of beryllium-7, which decays into the common stable lithium isotope, lithium-7.


(star,variable star)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V339_Delphini
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015Natur.518..381T/abstract
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=V339+Delphini
https://www.aavso.org/nova-delphini-2013-story-so-far
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~02.13kpc6.95klyV339 Delphini
Coordinates:V339 Del
J202330.6865+204603.7774

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