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Astron. Astrophys. 326, 629-631 (1997)
Research Note
The Status of Nova Orionis 1667
F.A. Ringwald 1 and
T. Naylor 2
1 Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The
Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Laboratory, University Park,
PA 16802-6305, USA (ringwald@astro.psu.edu)
2 Department of Physics, Keele University, Keele,
Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK (timn@astro.keele.ac.uk)
Received 27 February 1997 / Accepted 9 May 1997
Abstract
Images taken in 1.3" seeing show that a claimed hibernating nova, Candidate 5 in a Newswire item in Sky & Telescope, is a visual binary, with a 1.1" separation between components. Spectra reveal the components to be emission-line M0 and K7 stars.
Key words: stars: individual: V529 Ori=Nova Ori
1667 
novae, cataclysmic
variables
binaries:
visual
stars: late-type
Send offprint requests to: F. A. Ringwald
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Imaging
- 3. Spectra
- 4. Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- References
© European Southern Observatory (ESO) 1997
Online publication: October 15, 1997
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