Life after eruption - I. Spectroscopic observations of ten nova candidates
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il 10 Apr 2012 alle 01:39
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We have started a project to investigate the connection of post-novae
with the population of cataclysmic variables. Our first steps in this
concern improving the sample of known post-novae and their properties.
Here we present the recovery and/or confirmation of the old novae MT
Cen, V812 Cen, V655 CrA, IL Nor, V2109 Oph, V909 Sgr, V2572 Sgr, and
V728 Sco. Principal photometric and spectroscopic properties of these
systems are discussed. We find that V909 Sgr is a probable magnetic CV,
and that V728 Sco is a high-inclination system. We furthermore suggest
that the two candidate novae V734 Sco and V1310 Sgr have been
misclassified and instead are Mira variables.