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> > The GCVS team simply didn't use the distinction between thermonuclear > > runaway events (NRa) or disk instability events (NRb). That would be a > > useful thing to add in a future release. > > RS Oph is an NRb. > > No, no ;-). Both objects are now understood as thermonuclear runaway > (TNR) events. Regarding the RS Oph itself, multiwavelength observations of > the 1985 outburst cofnirm the TNR nature. There was an idea of mass-transfer > burst in symbiotic recurrent novae, but it is now known that this mechanism > can not explain observations well. > There is a sometimes used classification of NRa and NRb, which is > based on the speed class (as in classical novae). Dear Taichi an all, I am surprised again: I have just sent an email congratulating AAVSO people for this article on the VSOTM section. I think it was the article that finally let me know more about NR's and their classificaction.... I don't know what else to say but....thank you!!! ;-))
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