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The Unusual Eruption of the Extragalactic Classical Nova M31N 2017-09a

Authors :
Lloyd, Christopher
Cook, Lewis M.
Kiyota, Seiichiro
Tan, Hanjie
Hu, Di
Shi, Wei
Zhang, Mi
Zhang, Shenwei
Zhang, Xiaowei
Zhao, Jingyuan
Sun, Guoyou
Gao, Xing
Boyd, David
Source :
The Observatory 140 (2020) 85-93
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

M31N 2017-09a is a classical nova and was observed for some 160 days following its initial eruption, during which time it underwent a number of bright secondary outbursts. The light-curve is characterized by continual variation with excursions of at least 0.5 magnitudes on a daily time-scale. The lower envelope of the eruption suggests that a single power-law can describe the decline rate. The eruption is relatively long with $t_2 = 111$, and $t_3 = 153$ days.<br />Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
The Observatory 140 (2020) 85-93
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2006.10118
Document Type :
Working Paper