BH X-ray nova brighter than 3 Crab. (10 sources) No. Name Crab discovery star-name 1. A 0620-00 50 1975/2 V616 Mon 2. GS 2023+338 20 1989/3 V404 Cyg 3. 4U 1543-475 15 1971/4 IL Lupi 4. SAX J1819.2-2525   13 1999/1 V4641 Sgr 5. GS 2000+25 11 1988/1 QZ Vul 6. XTE J1550-564 7 1998/5 V381 Nor 7. MAXI J1535-571 5 2017/9 ----------------- 8. GRO J1655-40 3.9 1994/2 V1033 Sco 9. GRS 1915+105 3.7 1992/1 V1487 Aql 10. H 1705-250 3.6 1977/1 V2107 Oph 11. GS 1124-684 3 1991/1 GU Mus Reference McClintock 2006 Table 4.1. excluding Cyg X-1, LMC X-1, LMC X-3. McClintock 2006 Table 4.3(BH candidates) 4U 1630-47 2Crab 1969 was the brightest. The rests are below 1.3 Crab with RXTE/ASM (after 1995). After McClintock 2006 (after 2002) 14 X-ray nova appeared. XTE J1817-330 2Crab 2006/1 was the brighest. The rests are below 0.5 Crab with RXTE/ASM. The latest summary can be found in Corral-Santana (2017).