NSV 11749, an elder sibling of the born again stars V605 Aql and V4334 Sgr?

Details NSV 11749, an elder sibling of the born again stars V605 Aql and V4334 Sgr? NSV 11749, an elder sibling of the born again stars V605 Aql and V4334 Sgr?

2011-11-09

arxiv.org/abs/1111.2333v1

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2011, Volume 743, Number 2, L33

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

5 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1088/2041-8205/743/2/L33

We argue that NSV 11749, an eruption observed in the early twentieth century, was a rare event known as "very late thermal pulse" (VLTP). To support our argument we compare the lightcurve of NSV 11749 with those of the two bonafide VLTP objects known to date, V4334 Sgr and V605 Aql, and with those predicted by state of the art stellar evolution models. Next, we explore the IPHAS and 2MASS catalogues for possible counterparts of the eruption. Our analysis shows that the VLTP scenario outperforms all other proposed scenarios as an explanation of NSV 11749. We identify an IPHAS/2MASS source at the eruption location of NSV 11749. The derived colors suggest that the object is not enshrouded in a thick dust shell as V605 Aql and V4334 Sgr. Also the absence of an apparent planetary nebula (PN) at the eruption location suggests differences with known VLTP objects which might be linked to the intensity of the eruption and the mass of the object. Further exploration of this source and scenario seems desirable. If NSV 11749 was a born again star, it would be the third event of its kind to have been observed and will strongly help us to increase our understanding on the later stages of stellar evolution and violent reactive convective burning.

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