KIC 9832227 to red nova in five years (article)
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ajamyajax
"A bright new star will burst into the sky in five years, astronomers predict"
By Blaine P. Friedlander Jr.
P=0.4579485 (Prsa et al.)
http://keplerebs.villanova.edu/overview/?k=9832227
And a Kepler PC is relatively nearby too...
(Kepler data for RA/Dec 292.3165,46.6222)
Kepler KIC# [Angular Separation] Kep Mag/ Teff /Stellar Radius / MAST link*
KIC 9832227 [0'] 12.260/5854/1.026* http://archive.stsci.edu/kepler/data_search/search.php?action=Search&ktc_kepler_id=9832227
| KIC 9832227 flagged as Eclipsing_binary; P/E=0.4579485/120.951725;
KIC 9832208 [0.46'] 15.639/4962/0.423* http://archive.stsci.edu/kepler/data_search/search.php?action=Search&ktc_kepler_id=9832208
| KIC 9832208 flagged as Planetary_candidate; KOI 2553.01 P/E=88.0712696/214.51724; TCE list P/E=0.686916/131.712;This system was noticed as a binary on old talk:
http://oldtalk.planethunters.org/objects/APH53048149
http://oldtalk.planethunters.org/objects/APH23048149Posted
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zoo3hans
in response to ajamyajax's comment.
Interesting indeed.
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ajamyajax
in response to zoo3hans's comment.
Yes, and as you well know having spotted many of these contact EB's (including this one!), there could be more such systems in the Kepler data. Another project for another time perhaps; our software should also be able to detect changing binary period intervals.
(more news)
"Two stars will merge in 2022 and explode into red fury"
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/01/2022-red-nova
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symaski62
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/phys/observatory/MergingStar/MolnarEtAl2017.pdf
😃
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symaski62
KIC 9832227 = V838MON
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIC_9832227
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=169823
Luminous Red Nova (V838MON) candidate.
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