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Though nova means new, nova stars really are not. A star goes through phases which vary with certain properties, the most notable being their mass.
If star goes nova it brightness increases many thousands of times, occasionally many millions. Supposing the star were so far away it was invisible to us, if it increased so much in brightness it may become visible and consequently it would be 'new' to us though in fact it is probably billions of years old.
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Why did early astronomers call a suddenly glowing star a nova?
Nova is the Latin word for "new" and Latin was the language of early modern astronomy, as of all science in medieval and Renaissance Europe. A suddenly glowing star in the night sky would be considered a "new star" or "stella nova." This eventually was shortened to "nova."
What is a star with sudden new brightness?
A nova
What do you call the new star?
nova probally
What name is given a new star?
The Latin phrase for "new star" is "nova stellarum". Since the early astronomers spoke Latin for the most part, when we see a "new" star appear in the sky, we call it a "nova".
What is a four letter word for A New Star?
nova
A new star which has become suddenly bright?
NOVA
What makes a new nebula?
Usually a nova - an exploding star.
Name an exploding star which is a 4 letter star name and starts with letter n?
Nova. "Exploding stars" were originally called "new stars", which in Latin is "nova stellarum".
What is planet novae?
Planets cannot become novae; a "nova", or more completely "nova stellarum", is the term given to a "new star" that appears when an old star explodes.
What is Latin translation for nova?
Nova and Novum mean 'new' in Latin. Not to be confused with Novem which means nine.
What kind of nova is called a new star?
A nova is a sudden, bright outburst of a star that occurs due to the accumulation of hydrogen on the surface of a white dwarf star in a binary star system. While novae can appear as "new stars" in the sky because of their sudden increase in brightness, they are not actually new stars forming, but rather the result of a specific stellar phenomenon.
Has there ever been a record of a star that popped in the sky as a new star?
Yes, this has happened several times. However, it isn't a NEW star, but an old one dying. During the middle ages, some observers would rarely observe a star, sometimes quite bright, appear where no star had been seen before. They called this a "nova stellarum", or "new star". Typically, the "nova stellarum" would be visible for several weeks and would then fade from view. In one case, the "new star" was so bright as to be visible during the day! We now know that this "nova" wasn't a NEW star; it was a titanic explosion of an old star that had been too dim to be visible, blowing itself apart.
