A possible detected faint shell of the classical Nova QZ Aurigae

International Conference on Classical Nova Explosions, SITGES, Spain, 20 - 24 May 2002, vol.637, pp.548-552

Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
Volume: 637
City: SITGES
Country: Spain
Page Numbers: pp.548-552
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

We observed the faint shell of QZ Aur (Nova Aurigae 1964) nearly 30 years of its outburst. Despite a diameter of 0.55 arcsec of the intrinsic point source of QZ Aur, a narrow-band Ha image shows that the diameter of the nova shell in 1995 was 0.86 arcsec. This rather faint shell exists for a nova suggests that QZ Aur is an object worthy of further study.

We observed the faint shell of QZ Aur (Nova Aurigae 1964) nearly 30 years of its outburst. Despite a diameter of 0.55(+0.12)(-0,16) arcsec of the intrinsic point source of QZ Aur, a narrow-band Ha image shows that the diameter of the nova shell in 1995 was 0.86(+0.14)(-0.11) arcsec. This rather faint shell exists for a nova suggests that QZ Aur is an object worthy of further study.