Nova LMC 1968

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Nova LMC 1968

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A spectrum of the extragalactic nova Nova LMCM 1968 in the Large Magellanic Cloud: 5 x 1200s with an Alpy 600 from our setup in Chile

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And the astro telegram on what our spectrum shows

https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=16761

The first extragalactic recurrent Nova observed in 1968 and the second in 1990:
https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf ... .370..193S
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Re: Nova LMC 1968

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Evolution of nova LMC 1968 in 4 days.

The spectrum was at magnitude V=14,3 the 6th and last spectrum of yesterday at magnitude V=15,2

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Re: Nova LMC 1968

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We were able to make 5 spectra of this nova, but it became too faint to have a spectrum.

The magnitudes given are those obtained from the AAVSO in V and CV bands

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