Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the 2006 Outburst of RS Ophiuchi

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #182.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The latest outburst of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi has been followed in unprecedented detail across the electromagnetic spectrum. The central system is known to contain a red giant in orbit with a high mass white dwarf. At outburst,high velocity ejecta from the white dwarf impact the red giant wind setting up shock systems whose evolution has been followed particularly in X-rays,infrared and the radio. Here we report HST observations which for the first time provide direct imaging in the optical of the circumstellar environment following an outburst. Structures are evident that are broadly consistent with those derived in the radio and have some similarities to those seen in SN 1987A.

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