V462 Lupi
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Lupus |
| Right ascension | 15h 08m 03.274s[1] |
| Declination | −40° 08′ 29.58″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.3 – 18.5[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Variable type | Nova |
| Other designations | |
| AT 2025nlr, Nova Lupi 2025, ASASSN-25cm, V462 Lup[3] | |
V462 Lupi, also known as Nova Lupi 2025,[3] is a bright nova in the constellation Lupus discovered by All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) on 12 June 2025.[1] At the time of its discovery, it had an apparent visual magnitude of 8.7.[1] It was classified as a classical nova on 14 June 2025.[4]
By 18 June 2025, it had brightened to magnitude 5.7, making it just visible to the naked eye.[6] The peak brightness, magnitude 5.5, was reached on 20 June 2025,[7] and around 10 July 2025 it became too faint to see with the naked eye even under ideal conditions.
All novae are binary stars, with matter from a "donor" star accreting onto a white dwarf. In the case of V462 Lupi, the orbital period is 0.07488825±0.00000016 days (1.80 h).[8]
