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Sakurai's object: spectroscopic monitoring and nebula observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D. L. Pollacco ,
N.A. Walton ,
H. G. Schwarz  and
S. A. Bell
D. L. Pollacco
Affiliation:
1Isaac Newton Group, La Palma
N.A. Walton
Affiliation:
1Isaac Newton Group, La Palma
H. G. Schwarz
Affiliation:
2Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma
S. A. Bell
Affiliation:
3Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge

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Sakurai's object is thought to be undergoing a final thermal pulse or shell flash. It is the first example of this type of object to be studied using modern instrumentation and will be useful and unique for the time being for placing theoretical models of these transient events on a firm observational footing. The only other definite candidate is V605 Aql – now the WC central star of the planetary nebula Abell 58 – which is thought to have undergone a final thermal pulse around 1918.

Type
VI. From Planetary Nebulae to White Dwarfs
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 180: Planetary Nebulae , 1997 , pp. 392
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

References

Nakano, S., 1996, IAUC 6322.Google Scholar