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Nuclear ashes and outflow in the eruptive star Nova Vul 1670

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  • Tomasz Kamiński

    (European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
    Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany)

  • Karl M. Menten

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany)

  • Romuald Tylenda

    (N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Rabiańska 8, 87-100, Toruń, Poland)

  • Marcin Hajduk

    (N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Rabiańska 8, 87-100, Toruń, Poland)

  • Nimesh A. Patel

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Alexander Kraus

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany)

Abstract

Observations of CK Vulpeculae reveal that it is surrounded by molecular gas and dust whose large mass and chemical composition cannot have come from a nova; the best explanation is that this object is the remnant of the merger of two stars.

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  • Tomasz Kamiński & Karl M. Menten & Romuald Tylenda & Marcin Hajduk & Nimesh A. Patel & Alexander Kraus, 2015. "Nuclear ashes and outflow in the eruptive star Nova Vul 1670," Nature, Nature, vol. 520(7547), pages 322-324, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:520:y:2015:i:7547:d:10.1038_nature14257
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14257
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