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The expanding fireball of Nova Delphini 2013

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  • G. H. Schaefer

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • T. ten Brummelaar

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • D. R. Gies

    (Georgia State University, PO Box 5060, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA)

  • C. D. Farrington

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • B. Kloppenborg

    (Georgia State University, PO Box 5060, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA)

  • O. Chesneau

    (Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR 7293, Université de Sophia-Antipolis (UNS)–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)–Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA), Boulevard de l’Observatoire, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice, Cedex 4, France)

  • J. D. Monnier

    (University of Michigan, 941 Dennison Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA)

  • S. T. Ridgway

    (National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue)

  • N. Scott

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • I. Tallon-Bosc

    (Université de Lyon; Université Lyon 1, Observatoire de Lyon, 9 avenue Charles André, 69230 Saint Genis Laval; CNRS UMR 5574, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon; École Normale Supérieure, 69007 Lyon, France
    Université Lyon 1, Observatoire de Lyon, 9 avenue Charles André, 69230 Saint Genis Laval)

  • H. A. McAlister

    (Georgia State University, PO Box 5060, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA)

  • T. Boyajian

    (Yale University)

  • V. Maestro

    (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Sydney, Australia)

  • D. Mourard

    (Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR 7293, Université de Sophia-Antipolis (UNS)–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)–Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA), Boulevard de l’Observatoire, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice, Cedex 4, France)

  • A. Meilland

    (Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR 7293, Université de Sophia-Antipolis (UNS)–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)–Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA), Boulevard de l’Observatoire, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice, Cedex 4, France)

  • N. Nardetto

    (Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR 7293, Université de Sophia-Antipolis (UNS)–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)–Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA), Boulevard de l’Observatoire, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice, Cedex 4, France)

  • P. Stee

    (Laboratoire Lagrange, UMR 7293, Université de Sophia-Antipolis (UNS)–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)–Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA), Boulevard de l’Observatoire, CS 34229, F-06304 Nice, Cedex 4, France)

  • J. Sturmann

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • N. Vargas

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • F. Baron

    (Georgia State University, PO Box 5060, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA)

  • M. Ireland

    (Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2611, Australia)

  • E. K. Baines

    (Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20375, USA)

  • X. Che

    (University of Michigan, 941 Dennison Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA)

  • J. Jones

    (Georgia State University, PO Box 5060, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA)

  • N. D. Richardson

    (Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada)

  • R. M. Roettenbacher

    (University of Michigan, 941 Dennison Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA)

  • L. Sturmann

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • N. H. Turner

    (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University, Mount Wilson Observatory)

  • P. Tuthill

    (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Sydney, Australia)

  • G. van Belle

    (Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Road)

  • K. von Braun

    (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Konigstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany)

  • R. T. Zavala

    (United States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station, 10391 West Naval Observatory Road, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, USA)

  • D. P. K. Banerjee

    (Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009, India)

  • N. M. Ashok

    (Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009, India)

  • V. Joshi

    (Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009, India)

  • J. Becker

    (University of Michigan, 941 Dennison Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
    Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • P. S. Muirhead

    (Boston University)

Abstract

High spatial resolution is needed to study the early development of a nova; here measurements of the angular size and radial velocity of Nova Delphini 2013 reveal early structures in the ejected material and a geometric distance to the nova of about 4.5 kiloparsecs from the Sun.

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  • G. H. Schaefer & T. ten Brummelaar & D. R. Gies & C. D. Farrington & B. Kloppenborg & O. Chesneau & J. D. Monnier & S. T. Ridgway & N. Scott & I. Tallon-Bosc & H. A. McAlister & T. Boyajian & V. Maest, 2014. "The expanding fireball of Nova Delphini 2013," Nature, Nature, vol. 515(7526), pages 234-236, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:515:y:2014:i:7526:d:10.1038_nature13834
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13834
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