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2016MNRAS.457.2871E - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 457, 2871-2876 (2016/April-2)

CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides).

EVANS A., GEHRZ R.D., WOODWARD C.E., SARRE P.J., VAN LOON J.T., HELTON L.A., STARRFIELD S. and EYRES S.P.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present observations of CK Vul obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The infrared spectrum reveals a warm dust continuum with nebular, molecular hydrogen and HCN lines superimposed, together with the 'Unidentified Infrared' features. The nebular lines are consistent with emission by a low-density gas. We conclude that the Spitzer data, combined with other information, are incompatible with CK Vul being a classical nova remnant in 'hibernation' after the event of 1670, a 'very late thermal pulse', a 'Luminous Red Variable', such as V838 Mon, or a 'diffusion-induced nova'. The true nature of CK Vul remains a mystery.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): circumstellar matter - stars: individual: CK Vul - ISM: molecules - infrared: stars

Simbad objects: 9

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