J/AJ/140/34ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/140/34doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51400034CDSStrope R.J.Schaefer B.E.Henden A.A.2018-01-05T08:55:36Z2012-08-23T07:37:37ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frnovaephotometryWe present a catalog of 93 very-well-observed nova light curves. The light curves were constructed from 229,796 individual measured magnitudes, with the median coverage extending to 8.0mag below peak and 26% of the light curves following the eruption all the way to quiescence. Our time-binned light curves are presented in figures and as complete tabulations. We also calculate and tabulate many properties about the light curves, including peak magnitudes and dates, times to decline by 2, 3, 6, and 9mag from maximum, the time until the brightness returns to quiescence, the quiescent magnitude, power-law indices of the decline rates throughout the eruption, the break times in this decline, plus many more properties specific to each nova class. We present a classification system for nova light curves based on the shape and the time to decline by 3mag from the peak (t3). The designations are "S" for smooth light curves (38% of the novae), "P" for plateaus (21%), "D" for dust dips (18%), "C" for cusp-shaped secondary maxima (1%), "O" for quasi-sinusoidal oscillations superposed on an otherwise smooth decline (4%), "F" for flat-topped light curves (2%), and "J" for jitters or flares superposed on the decline (16%). Our classification consists of this single letter followed by the t3 value in parentheses; so, for example, V1500 Cyg is S(4), GK Per is O(13), DQ Her is D(100), and U Sco is P(3).2010AJ....140...34Shttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/140/34CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/140/34https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/140/34http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/140/34https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/140/34https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/140/34http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/AJ/140/34GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/AJ/140/34/table1 (Catalogued novae and their primary light curve properties)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/140/34/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/140/34/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/AJ/140/34/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true348.02447.47213890.0055555555555555566/1694 2922 6319 8669 12888 12962 13216 13286 13800 13999 14024 14201 14228 14254 14336 14393 14409 14447 14630 14634 14694 14847 15014 15036 15385 15386 15502 22076 24487 28718 28746 28762 28771 28772 28786 28787 28798 28833 28869 28873 28875 28879 28971 28973 29002 29191 29214 29285 29287 29308 29478 29664 29871 29900 30215 30284 30300 30303 30306 30315 30324 30389 30474 30500 30502 30652 31866 32006 32017 32048 32121 37888 38045 38919 39397 39888 39890 39991 41543 41583 41671 41738 41822 41860 42387 42494 42837 43031 44381 47822 47864https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/AJ/140/34?format=asciiOpticaldefaultJ/AJ/140/34/table1Catalogued novae and their primary light curve propertiesrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintNovaNova namemeta.id;meta.maincharprimaryYearYear of discoveryyrtime.epochintT0Fiducial time (JD)dtime.epochintTpeakPeak time (JD)dtime.epochintVpeakPeak magnitudemagphot.mag;em.opt.Vfloatt2Time to decline by 2mag from maximumdtime.intervalintt3Time to decline by 3mag from maximumdtime.intervalintt6? Time to decline by 6mag from maximumdtime.intervalintnullablet9? Time to decline by 9mag from maximumdtime.intervalintnullablel_VQ[~>] Limit flag on VQmeta.code.errorcharVQMagnitude in quiescencemagphot.mag;em.opt.VfloattQ? Time of quiescencedtime.intervalintnullablen_tQ[a] bright quiescence (1)meta.notecharClassClass (2)meta.code;src.varcharlclight curvemeta.ref.urlcharSimbadSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.refchar_RARight Ascension (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.ra;meta.main_DEDeclination (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainJ/AJ/140/34/table2Binned light curves for 92 novaerecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintNovaNova namemeta.id;meta.maincharJDJulian date of time bin middledtime.epochdoubleTMiddle bin time minus the fiducial time (1)dtime.intervaldoubleVmagBinned and average V band magnitudemagphot.mag;em.opt.Vfloate_Vmag? The 1{sigma} error in Vmagmagstat.error;phot.mag;em.opt.Vfloatnullableo_VmagNumber of observations in Vmagmeta.numberintJ/AJ/140/34/table3Definitions and examples of light curve classesrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintClass[SPDCOFJ] Class codemeta.code.classcharDefDefinitionmeta.notecharExExamplesmeta.notecharSimbadSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.refchar