The X-ray Nebula around the Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis

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Feb 2012

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012atel.3915....1b&link_type=abstract

The Astronomer's Telegram, #3915

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

X-Ray, Cataclysmic Variable, Nova

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We resolved and detected an X-ray nebulosity around the recurrent nova T Pyx using a 100 ksec observation with the ACIS-S detector on board the Chandra Observatory during the quiescent phase of the nova. The observations were obtained as three separate pointings on 31 December 2011, 02 February 2011 and 5 February 2011. The resolved nebula shows sub-structure, but overall has an elliptical shape with an inner semi-major axis of 0.45 arc sec and outer semi-major axis of 0.87 arc sec which may indicate a torus-like shell formation around the nova.

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