V1017 Sagittarii
Visual band light curves for the 1973 and 1991 eruptions of V1017 Sagittarii, adapted from Salazar et al. (2017)[1] | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Sagittarius |
Right ascension | 18h 32m 04.4738s[2] |
Declination | −29° 23′ 12.5935″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.5±2 Max. 13.5 Min.[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G5IIIp / white dwarf |
Variable type | eclipsing recurrent nova (NR+E)
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Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
V1017 Sagittarii is a
recurrent nova to a dwarf nova.[5]
After the eruption of 1919, the orbital period of the binary system has decreased by 0.0273±0.0061%, to the 5.786290±0.000032 days.[1] Physical models cannot explain the orbital change of such sign and magnitude as in 2019.[6]
References
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- ^ S2CID 118925493.
- ^ "V1017 Sagittarii". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- S2CID 119294221.
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