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The Frequency of Novae in the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

W. Liller
W. Liller*
Affiliation:
Instituto Isaac Newton, Ministerio de Educación, Santiago, Chile

Abstract

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Recent statistics indicate that each year an average of 3.5 novae or nova-like objects are discovered in the Galaxy. With reasonable assumptions about the completeness of the surveys, we arrive at an overall galactic production rate of 76 ± 38 y−1. When recurrent novae are omitted, this rate drops to 60 + 30 y−1. Hence, it seems that our Galaxy is more prolific than M31 in nova production. The total amount of material released into galactic space by novae each year is about one-tenth that ejected by supernovae.

Type
V. Nova and Dwarf Nova Outbursts
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 93: Cataclysmic Variables: Recent Multi-Frequency Observations and Theoretical Developments , 1987 , pp. 449 - 452
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987

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