I stumbled upon the following news in Russian.
On 26-28.07.20 two Russian astronomers discovered a Nova star in Cassiopeia constellation.
Here's an official American Association of Variable Star Observers entry (in English) with all the technical details.
Here's a detailed article about it, including pictures (in Russian).
I also found a link to an astronomical forum (in English) where Nova in Cas is being discussed.
Apparently there is some strangeness with how this nova behaves. According to this explanation (in Russian), nova stars reach a maximum magnitude within 2-3 days, but in case of this nova, its magnitude was rising for two weeks, and then it was fading, and then rising again. Here's a diagram. Astronomers are saying that it is quite unusual, and the reason for it is still a mystery. All the observatories, or anyone with appropriate telescopes are asked to observe the star.
P.S. Apparently Cassiopeia novae tend to be "unusual". There is this nova that was filmed on 15th of December, 1993, and there is also this one filmed on 24th of August, 1995. That's what was said about the 1995 nova in Cas:
On 26-28.07.20 two Russian astronomers discovered a Nova star in Cassiopeia constellation.
Here's an official American Association of Variable Star Observers entry (in English) with all the technical details.
Here's a detailed article about it, including pictures (in Russian).
I also found a link to an astronomical forum (in English) where Nova in Cas is being discussed.
Apparently there is some strangeness with how this nova behaves. According to this explanation (in Russian), nova stars reach a maximum magnitude within 2-3 days, but in case of this nova, its magnitude was rising for two weeks, and then it was fading, and then rising again. Here's a diagram. Astronomers are saying that it is quite unusual, and the reason for it is still a mystery. All the observatories, or anyone with appropriate telescopes are asked to observe the star.
P.S. Apparently Cassiopeia novae tend to be "unusual". There is this nova that was filmed on 15th of December, 1993, and there is also this one filmed on 24th of August, 1995. That's what was said about the 1995 nova in Cas:
The early lightcurve is very unusual. The rise to maximum was very slow and the nova peaked at mag 7.1 near JD 2450070. 65 days later, near JD 2450135 a second maximum occurred at approximately mag 8.0. This was followed, about 55 days later on JD 2450190 with a third maximum at about magnitude 8.6. Thereafter the nova faded to about mag 10 after which small fluctuations have been present. Certainly a very unusual nova which deserves close attention!
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