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Well let’s just say i’ve seen a lot worse ! It would make a good template for anyone considering undertaking a similar sort of project
Cheers
Robin
Despite poring over the radar maps looking for gaps between the rain showers I have only managed 10 min on this so far.
Only the Balmer lines in emission are clear in the noisy spectrum but it does perhaps seem to be intermediate between the low and high state spectra in the literature. Here for example in the high state from L. Rosino et al 1993 PASP 105 51
and the low state (blue end only) from Voikhanskaia, N. F. 1988, A&A, 192, 128
(Both low state spectra, showing interesting variation during the 0.13 day orbit)
Cheers
Robin
Another low resolution R~500 spectrum last night (low SNR due to bright full moon) continues to show no evidence of H alpha (in emission or absorption) but the higher Balmer absorption lines have increase in depth. V mag for the two spectra were ~12.8/13.7 (AAVSO)
Robin
Hi Hugh,
Looks good. I identified the coronal lines lines in a 2006 Star Analyser spectrum using this reference
This time round I’ve used ISIS to make a little animated gif (attached) showing the [FeX] line emerging based on 4 observations between 25th Aug and 11th Sept
Cheers
Robin
The legal restrictions have been lifted but the wearing of face masks and social distancing where possible is still advised by both the government and NHS as ways to limit the spread. Personal freedom works both ways. A poll of members would be interesting. It could be that actually more members would attend provided modest precautions like face masks and social distancing were in place than would not attend because they do not wish to follow the guidelines.
Thanks Gary.
The Taichi Kato paper was not published until 2004.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004PASJ…56S.135K/abstract
I will send a correction to CDS
Cheers
Robin
Here is the spectrum of BD+25 103, also identified (likely incorrectly) in SIMBAD as Nova And 1979, compared with an F2v standard
Hi Gary,
Could “Nova And 1979” actually have been LL And with a position error? See VSSC #83 1995 p7 and separate thread on “N And 1979”
https://britastro.org/vss/VS0083.pdf
(Your first VSSC after you took over directorship in 1995 by the looks)
Robin
The TA article
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1979Astr…16..152.
confusingly IAUC 3412 covers reports on several diverse objects including asteroid 1979QB
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03400/03401.html
Cheers
Robin
Yes that is a a copy of the IAUC with a request for observations. (confusingly that IAUC covers several diverse object discoveries)
“Could the difference be epoch 1950 for the IAU notification as opposed to epoch 2000 for Simbad”
I was comparing with the FK4 (1950) coordinates for the object in SIMBAD
Cheers
Robin
The answer perhaps lies closer to home !
From VSSC #83 page 7
931207 LL And B.Marsden, CBAT, Paul Wild, Switzerland, Steve
Howell, USA, T.Kato, Japan, Bruce Margon, USA Object reported as a ‘nova’ in IAUC 3412 (1979) seen again in outburst by Tony Vanmunster, Belgium 1993 Dec 7 mag 14.Ov. Confirmed by Poyner. Kato obtains CCD images at Ouda on Dec 9 V=14.0. Suggests position needs correction. Howell obtains spectra and paper planned!
Robin
Tracked down the discovery IAUC. Difficult to say without knowing the precision of the coordinates given there but they could be up to ~1 arcmin away from the ones in SIMBAD for this star so not sure yet where the association comes from
Ah interesting. I see that paper suggested Oxygen might be found as well through the same process. One was found with just O in the spectrum, though by a suggested different mechanism where the He/H is stripped away.
https://physicsworld.com/a/white-dwarf-with-nearly-pure-oxygen-atmosphere-surprises-astronomers/
I see this has now faded to Vmag ~15 so time for perhaps a last low resolution spectrum. It shows a nebula type spectrum with strong forbidden emission lines, particularly [OIII] and a very weak almost undetectable continuum (The Y scale is relative to the continuum at 5500A and the signal/noise in the continuum is down in single figures). In fact I estimate 78% of the light in the V passband comes from just the [OIII] pair of lines at 4959/5007 A
A quick literature search though brought up this reference which talks of WD with initial He atmospheres evolving an H dominated atmosphere through upward diffusion of H.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.07469
Anything heavier though I suspect must have been accreted.
I don’t know how it relates to the progenitor but as I understand it, naked electron degenerate white dwarfs don’t show any spectral features and there are indeed some WD like that, designated spectral type DC. The spectral features then come from a thin skin of accreted material, the heavier elements rapidly sinking into the interior to become part of the electron degenerate material so most show just H while others have He or a mix of H/He. You do also find some cool white dwarfs with Carbon in their spectrum, presumably also recently accreted.
