of V1369 Centauri plotted from
AAVSO data. Nova Centauri 2013 was observed emitting gamma-rays between 7–10 December 2013 by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The nova continued to brighten in gamma-rays and the peak coincided with the second optical maximum on 11 December 2013. The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission detected X-ray emission from Nova Centauri 2013 on 18 and 25 February 2014 and 8 March 2014. In July 2015 it was announced that
lithium had been detected in material ejected from Nova Centauri 2013. This is the first time lithium has been detected in a nova system. The amount detected was less than a billionth of the mass of the
Sun. This finding is significant because it supports a theory that the extra lithium found in
Population I stars (compared to
Population II stars) comes from novae. ==See also==