The nova mentioned at the end of Lovecraft's story is a real star, known as GK Persei; the quotation is from Garrett P. Serviss' Astronomy with the Naked Eye (1908).
Nova, spomínaná na konci Lovecraftovej poviedky je reálna hviezda známa ako GK Persei; citácia pochádza z diela Garretta P. Servissa Astronomy with the Naked Eye (1908).