Novae (2) ...
The adjacent right figure shows the shell ejected by Nova Cygni 1992, as imaged by the Hubble
Space Telescope two years after the explosion was first observed.
(It is common to name novae using the word "Nova", followed by the constellation and the year of
the outburst. This nova occurred in the constellation Cygnus in 1992.)
Nova Cygni 1992 was the
brightest nova observed in recent years and was visible without a telescope at its peak.
