[vsnet-alert 4704] Re: Possible Nova or CI Aql?

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Dear Colleagues,

>    A quick-look spectrum (no calibration yet) is placed at
> 
>    http://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/Novae/nova_aql00/ciaql.gif
> 
>    The red line represents the present nova (by Takamizawa and Yamamoto),
> the green line V1494 Aql.  The strongest line is H-alpha, H-beta is the
> strongest in the blue region (left).  The spectra of these two objects
> are remarkably similar, suggesting that the similar evolutionary stage
> of the nova outburst.

   Now we have put the true comparison at the URL above.  Nova Aql 2000
(=CI Aql?) is likely in the early post-maximum stage.

Regards,
Taichi Kato and Makoto Uemura

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