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X-ray light echoes from the 2015 nova eruption
Credit: Andrew Beardmore (Univ. of Leicester) and NASA/Swift
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0 Equinox ICRS
ConstellationCygnus
Right ascension20 24 03.821
Declination+33° 52′ 02.0″1
Apparent magnitude (V)11.2 - 18.82
Characteristics
Spectral typeK3 III3
U−B color index+0.34
B−V color index+1.54
Variable typeNova5
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)RA: −5.1771 mas/yr
Dec.: −7.7781 mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.3024±0.0783 mas1
Distance2,3906 pc
Absolute magnitude (M)+3.47
Details
A (black hole)
Mass96 M
B
Mass0.77 M
Radius6.07 R
Luminosity10.27 L
Surface gravity (log g)3.508 cgs
Temperature4,8008 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.238 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)36.48 km/s
C
Mass1.29 M
Radius1.859 R
Surface gravity (log g)3.959 cgs
Temperature6,1239 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.099 dex
Age4 Gyr
Other designations
V404 Cyg, Nova Cygni 1938, Nova Cygni 1989, GS 2023+338, AAVSO 2020+33
Database references
SIMBADdata

V404 Cygni

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Footnotes

  1. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). “Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties”. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A…674A…1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR. 2 3 4 5

  2. Watson, C. L. (2006). “The International Variable Star Index (VSX)”. The Society for Astronomical Sciences 25th Annual Symposium on Telescope Science. Held May 23–25. 25: 47. Bibcode:2006SASS…25…47W.

  3. Khargharia, Juthika; Froning, Cynthia S.; Robinson, Edward L. (2010). “Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Low-mass X-ray Binaries: Accretion Disk Contamination and Compact Object Mass Determination in V404 Cyg and Cen X-4”. The Astrophysical Journal. 716 (2): 1105. arXiv:1004.5358. Bibcode:2010ApJ…716.1105K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/716/2/1105. S2CID 119116307.

  4. Liu, Q. Z.; Van Paradijs, J.; Van Den Heuvel, E. P. J. (2007). “A catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy, LMC, and SMC (Fourth edition)”. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 469 (2): 807. arXiv:0707.0544. Bibcode:2007A&A…469..807L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20077303. S2CID 14673570. 2

  5. Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2009). “VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)”. VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat…102025S. 1. Bibcode:2009yCat…102025S.

  6. Bernardini, F.; Russell, D. M.; Shaw, A. W.; Lewis, F.; Charles, P. A.; Koljonen, K. I. I.; Lasota, J. P.; Casares, J. (2016). “Events leading up to the 2015 June Outburst of V404 Cyg”. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 818 (1): L5. arXiv:1601.04550. Bibcode:2016ApJ…818L…5B. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/818/1/L5. S2CID 119251825. 2

  7. Shahbaz, T.; Ringwald, F. A.; Bunn, J. C.; Naylor, T.; Charles, P. A.; Casares, J. (1994). “The mass of the black hole in V404 Cygni”. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 271: L10–L14. Bibcode:1994MNRAS.271L..10S. doi:10.1093/mnras/271.1.L10. 2 3 4

  8. González Hernández, Jonay I.; Casares, Jorge; Rebolo, Rafael; Israelian, Garik; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Chornock, Ryan (2011). “Chemical Abundances of the Secondary Star in the Black Hole X-Ray Binary V404 Cygni”. The Astrophysical Journal. 738 (1): 95. arXiv:1106.4278. Bibcode:2011ApJ…738…95G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/738/1/95. S2CID 118443418. 2 3 4

  9. Burdge, Kevin B.; El-Badry, Kareem; Kara, Erin; Canizares, Claude; Chakrabarty, Deepto; Frebel, Anna; Millholland, Sarah C.; Rappaport, Saul; Simcoe, Rob; Vanderburg, Andrew (2024). “The black hole low mass X-ray binary V404 Cygni is part of a wide hierarchical triple, and formed without a kick”. arXiv:2404.03719 [astro-ph.HE]. 2 3 4 5