CP Puppis
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Puppis |
Right ascension | 08h 11m 46.06s[1] |
Declination | −35° 21′ 04.9″[1] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +37[2] km/s |
Distance | 3,720 ly (1,140[3] pc) |
Other designations | |
CP Puppis (or Nova Puppis 1942) was a bright nova occurring in the constellation Puppis in 1942. From a 17th magnitude star, it reached an apparent visual magnitude of –0.2 then began a rapid decline. It had dropped by three magnitudes in an interval of 6.5 days, one of the sharpest declines ever noted for a nova. About 14 years later, the shell ejected by the nova event was detected, which allowed the distance to be computed. In 2000, this distance was revised to 3,720 light-years (1,140 parsecs) after correcting for probable errors.[3]
The nova outburst can be explained by a white dwarf that is accreting matter from a companion; most likely a low-mass main sequence star. This close binary system has an orbital period of 1.47 hours, which is one of the shortest periods of the known classical nova. Unusually, the white dwarf may have a magnetic field. Other properties of the system remain uncertain, although observations of X-ray emission from the system suggest that the white dwarf has a mass of more than 1.1 times the mass of the Sun.[3]
References
- 1 2 Cutri, R. M.; et al. (June 2003), 2MASS All Sky Catalog of point sources, NASA/IPAC, Bibcode:2003tmc..book.....C
- ↑ Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
- 1 2 3 Orio, M.; et al. (January 2009), "New X-Ray Observations of the Old Nova CP Puppis and of the More Recent Nova V351 Puppis", The Astrophysical Journal, 690 (2): 1753–1763, arXiv:0809.3992, Bibcode:2009ApJ...690.1753O, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/690/2/1753
- ↑ "NOVA Pup 1942 -- Nova", SIMBAD, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2011-12-30
External links
- S.Balman,M.Orio,H.Ögelman - copyright the American Astronomical Society retrieved 21/09/2011
- B.Warner,Department of Astronomy,University of Cape Town retrieved 21/09/2011
- http://www.otticademaria.it/astro/Costellazioni/st_pup.html