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AN account of the discovery of Nova Geminorum No. 2 is given by Herr Enebo in No. 4564 of the Astronomische Nachrichten. After observing the variable SV Tauri, at 8h. 32m. (M.E.T.) on March 12, Herr Enebo's eye, wandering over the neighbouring constellation, was arrested by the appearance of a companion to θ Geminorum which he had not noticed when observing that region four days earlier; the new object was then of magnitude 4.31 on the Potsdam scale. Herr Enebo's subsequent observations indicate that the nova was at its brightest when discovered, or on March 13, when he estimated the magnitude as 4.23, although other observers found it to be about 3.5 on March 14.
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Nova Geminorum No. 2 . Nature 89, 176 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089176a0
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