An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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macronova
  درشت-نووا، درشت-نو‌اختر  
dorošt-novâ, dorošt-now-axtar
Fr.: macronova  

A stellar → explosion with energies between those of a → nova and a → supernova and observationally distinguished by being brighter than a typical nova (MV ~ -8 mag) but fainter than a typical supernova (MV ~ -19 mag) (Kulkarni 2005; arXiv:astro-ph/0510256).

See also: → macro-; → nova.