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Pre-outburst observations of Nova Del 2013 from Pan-STARRS 1

Deacon, N.R.; Hoard, D.W.; Magnier, E.A.; Jadhav, Y.S.; Huber, M.; Chambers, K.C.; Flewelling, H.; Hodapp, K.W.; Kaiser, N.; Kudritzki, R.P.; Metcalfe, N.; Waters, C.

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Authors

N.R. Deacon

D.W. Hoard

E.A. Magnier

Y.S. Jadhav

M. Huber

K.C. Chambers

H. Flewelling

K.W. Hodapp

N. Kaiser

R.P. Kudritzki

C. Waters



Abstract

Context. Nova Delphini 2013 was identified on the 14th of August 2013 and eventually rose to be a naked eye object. Aims. We sought to study the behaviour of the object in the run-up to outburst and to compare it to the pre-outburst photometric characteristics of other novae. Methods. We searched the Pan-STARRS 1 datastore to identify pre-outburst photometry of Nova Del 2013 and identified twenty-four observations in the 1.2 years before outburst. Results. The progenitor of Nova Delphini showed variability of a few tenths of a magnitude but did not brighten significantly in comparison with archival plate photometry. We also found that the object did not vary significantly on the approximately half hour timescale between pairs of Pan-STARRS 1 observations.

Citation

Deacon, N., Hoard, D., Magnier, E., Jadhav, Y., Huber, M., Chambers, K., …Waters, C. (2014). Pre-outburst observations of Nova Del 2013 from Pan-STARRS 1. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 563, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423665

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 24, 2014
Publication Date Mar 21, 2014
Deposit Date Jun 16, 2015
Publicly Available Date Jun 30, 2015
Journal Astronomy and astrophysics.
Print ISSN 0004-6361
Electronic ISSN 1432-0746
Publisher EDP Sciences
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 563
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423665
Keywords Novae, Cataclysmic variables / surveys.

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Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, © ESO 2014.





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