[vsnet-chat 1003] Re: Nova Oph 1998 fading

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Hitoshi Yamaoka wrote:

> > Nova Oph 1998 fading
> 
> Can it be due to the dust formation?  It would be able to explain the
> apparent plateau...

   Very fast (the present classification agrees with the reported high
expansion velocity) novae usually tend to show little dust formation.
Anyway I think it might be a little too early for such a dust episode.

   If the fading is caused by the dust formation, the present nova should
be IR-bright.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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