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The Galactic Nova Rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. Della Valle  and
R. Claudi
M. Della Valle
Affiliation:
Dip. di Astronomia, Padova, International School of Advanced Studies, Trieste
R. Claudi
Affiliation:
Oss. Astronomico di Padova

Abstract

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The recently estabilished values of M31 and M33 nova rate, rM31 = 29 ± 4 novae yr−1 (Capaccioli et al.,1989), rM33 = 4 ± 2 novae yr−1 (Della Valle, 1988), seems to be at variance with the present estimates for the galactic nova rate, r = 260 novae yr−1 (Sharov,1972) and r = 73 ± 24 novae yr−1 (Liller and Meyer,1987), if we take into account the luminosity class and the Hubble type of the Galaxy. Assuming the nova production per unit of B–luminosity about constant for spiral galaxies and adopting the derived values of the nova rate of M31, M33 and LMC as calibrators, we estimate a galactic nova rate of rGal = 15 ± 5 novae yr−1.

Type
1a. Basic Properties of Novae
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 122: Physics of Classical Novae , 1990 , pp. 53 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1990

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