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V838 Monocerotis — a Newly Discovered, Very Peculiar, Slow Nova-Like Object

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Thomas Rauch ,
Peter Hauschildt ,
Martin Asplund ,
R. Gredel ,
H.-U. Käufl ,
Florian Kerber ,
Michael Rosa ,
Sumner G. Starrfield ,
R. Mark Wagner  and
Robert E. Williams
Thomas Rauch
Affiliation:
Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte, Sternwartstraβe 7, D-96049 Bamberg, Germany; Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Sand 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germanyrauch@astro.uni-tuebingen.de
Peter Hauschildt
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy and Center for Simulational Physics, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Martin Asplund
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Weston, Australia
R. Gredel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
H.-U. Käufl
Affiliation:
ST-ECF, ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straβe 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Florian Kerber
Affiliation:
ST-ECF, ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straβe 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Michael Rosa
Affiliation:
ST-ECF, ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Straβe 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
Sumner G. Starrfield
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
R. Mark Wagner
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Robert E. Williams
Affiliation:
STScI, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Abstract

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The eruptive variable V838 Mon was discovered on Jan 6, 2002. Due to a subsequent phase of almost constant brightness and a spectral appearance which is unlike classical novae, speculations have been made about its nature. Either it was a very peculiar, slow nova defining a new class, an eruptive event in an evolved star as in the case of Sakurai’s Object but in a much earlier phase, or something completely different.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 187: Exotic Stars as Challenges to Evolution , 2002 , pp. 345 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002

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