Nova remnant

GK Persei: Nova of 1901 - remnant

A nova remnant is made up of the material either left behind by the gigantic explosion of a star in a nova, or from the bubbles of gas blasted away in a recurrent nova. It has an expansion velocity of around 1000 km/s, and has a lifetime of a few centuries. Considering their short lifetimes, nova remnants usually do not exist anymore by the time their light reaches us. Nova remnants are much less massive than supernova remnants or planetary nebulae.

Nova T Pyxidis remnant

External links

T Pyxidis Nova Remnant (HubbleSite)
Double-star systems cycle between big and small blasts (The Carnegie Observatories)
Nova Remnant comparison table (UOttawa)
Nova Remnant (UOttawa)

Nebula

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Visible nebula	Dark nebula Diffuse nebula Emission nebula Planetary nebula Supernova remnant Nova remnant H II region Reflection nebula Variable nebula Preplanetary nebula

Pre-stellar nebula	Giant molecular cloud Bok globule Evaporating gaseous globule Solar nebula

Stellar nebula	Nova remnant Protoplanetary nebula Wolf–Rayet nebula

Post-stellar nebula	Planetary nebula Supernova remnant Pulsar wind nebula Supershell

Clouds	Interstellar cloud Infrared cirrus High-velocity cloud H I region

Morphology	Bipolar nebula Pinwheel nebula

Lists	List Diffuse Planetary (PNe) Protoplanetary (PPNe) Supernova renmants (SNRs)

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Nova remnant

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