RS Oph monitoring before its next nova-like outburst

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Francois Teyssier
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RS Oph monitoring before its next nova-like outburst

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Natalia Shagatova and Augustin Skopal propose a monitoring of The recurrent nova RS Oph before its next outburst

http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/Inf ... _supp1.pdf

Send spectra to francoismathieu.teyssier () bbox.fr for inclusion in the database and information letter

All the best,
François
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Re: RS Oph monitoring before its next nova-like outburst

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Here's a spectrum of RS Oph taken last night with some clouds with an eShel spectrograph

H Alpha line
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H Beta line
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And the H Alpha / H Beta together

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LHIRES III #5, LISA, e-Shel, C14, RC400 Astrosib, AP1600
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Re: RS Oph monitoring before its next nova-like outburst

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Very fast variations of the line profiles, especially in Balmer lines.
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High cadency monitoring is strongly recommended

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