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V838 Monocerotis — a Newly Discovered, Very Peculiar, Slow Nova-Like Object
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
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.
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- Research Article
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 187: Exotic Stars as Challenges to Evolution , 2002 , pp. 345 - 350
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2002
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