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V598 Puppis is the name given to a nova in the Milky Way Galaxy. USNO-A2.0 0450-03360039 the catalog number for the star was discovered to be much brighter than normal in X-ray emissions on October 9 2007 by the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton telescope. Ultimately the star was confirmed to 600 times brighter than normal by the Magellan-Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.The nova has been officially named V598 Puppis and is one of the brightest for almost a decade.