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    GK Persei (also Nova Persei 1901) was a bright nova first observed on Earth in 1901. It was discovered by Thomas David Anderson, an Edinburgh clergyman...
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    notable star systems in Perseus include X Persei, a binary system containing a neutron star, and GK Persei, a nova that peaked at magnitude 0.2 in 1901...
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    Verro, K.; Kolka, I. (2014). "A Dynamical Study of the Nova Remnant of GK Persei / Stella Novae: Past and Future Decades.". Stellar Novae: Past and Future...
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    book Freehold, by Michael Z. Williamson, is described as orbiting Iota Persei. "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969), episode of Star Trek: The Original Series written...
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    Observatory images Helix Nebula by Spitzer Space Telescope, 2007 1901 GK Persei supernova by Chandra X-ray Observatory, 2015 Carina Nebula by Hubble Space...
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    astronomer Thomas David Anderson became the first person to notice the nova GK Persei. By February 23, it was the brightest star in the sky, reaching zero magnitude...
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    Verro, K.; Kolka, I. (2014). A dynamical study of the nova remnant of GK Persei / stella novae: Past and future decades. Stellar Novae: Past and Future...
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    mentioned at the end of Lovecraft's story is a real star, a nova known as GK Persei; the quotation is from Garrett P. Serviss' Astronomy with the Naked Eye...
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  • distant from Earth, explodes in a nova. The light from the star, now called GK Persei, was first detected on Earth on February 21, 1901. January 13 – Hilary...
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    International Year of Light 2015. Cluster of newly formed stars in Orion Nebula. GK Persei: Nova of 1901. X-ray light rings from a neutron star in Circinus X-1....
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