The Sakurai Object: A Case Study in Advanced Stellar Evolution

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Mar 2000

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The Newsletter of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING Newsl.), issue no. 2, p. 9-10

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Sakurai Object, Late Stages Of Stellar Evolution, V4334 Sagittarii.

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In 1996 Y. Sakurai, a Japanese amateur astronomer, discovered what was originally described as a nova in Sagittarius. Spectroscopy soon after discovery indicated the Sakurai Object to have a cool hydrogen-deficient photosphere -quite unlike that of a normal nova explosion- and the only similar object being Nova Aql 1919 (Lundmark, 1921). With the detection of a faint and ancient planetary nebula around the star, it was clear that this was not like a typical nova but was probably a highly evolved single star undergoing some form of rather exotic evolution. In fact the Sakurai Object (now known as V4334 Sagittarii) has become one of the most intriguing objects in stellar astrophysics and promises to be a rosetta stone to our understanding of the evolution of ancient stars.

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