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----- > The conclusion that the progenitor was an F-type star by Munari et al. > (2002) was based on a distance of 790+/-30 pc. However later detailed > works (Bond et al. 2003; Tylenda 2003, Crause et al. 2003) showed that the > light echo can only give a lower limit on the distance, which is 5-8 Kpc. > Crause's work uses the latest images and thus their lower limit of D > 8 > Kpc is the best value. A factor of 10 in the distance makes a huge > difference Thanks, Alon. I had erroneosuly thought that there were some color data of the star in quiescence. I was probably wrong. So, this is a very interesting picture the one you propose, and actually a new and weird kind of variable star. Regards, Sebastian. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://vsnet.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.518 / Virus Database: 316 - Release Date: 11/09/03
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