J/MNRAS/387/344     BVRcIC photometry of V2615 Oph           (Munari+, 2008)

Optical evolution of Nova Ophiuchi 2007 = V2615 Oph. Munari U., Henden A., Valentini M., Siviero A., Dallaporta S., Ochner P., Tomasoni S. <Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 387, 344-348 (2008)> =2008MNRAS.387..344M 2008MNRAS.387..344M
ADC_Keywords: Novae ; Binaries, cataclysmic ; Photometry, UBVRI Keywords: novae - cataclysmic variables Abstract: The moderately fast Nova Oph 2007 reached maximum brightness on 2007 March 28 at V=8.52, B-V=+1.12, V-Rc=+0.76, V-Ic=+1.59 and Rc-Ic=+0.83 , after fast initial rise and a pre-maximum halt lasting a week. Decline times were tV2=26.5, tB2=30, tV3=48.5 and tB3=56.5d. The distance to the nova is d=3.7±0.2kpc , the height above the Galactic plane is z=215pc, the reddening is E(B-V)=0.90 and the absolute magnitude at maximum is MmaxV=-7.2 and MmaxB=-7.0. The spectrum four days before maximum resembled a F6 supergiant, in an agreement with broad-band colours. It later developed into that of a standard 'FeII'-class nova. Nine days past maximum, the expansion velocity estiIIted from the width of Hα emission component was ∼730km/s, and the displacement from it of the principal and diffuse-enhanced absorption systems was ∼650 and 1380km/s, respectively. Dust probably formed and disappeared during the period from 82 to 100d past maximum, causing (at peak dust concentration) an extinction of ΔB=1.8mag and an extra ΔE(B-V)=0.44 reddening. Description: The BVRcIc photometric evolution of NOph07 has been monitored, for seven months and over a 7mag decline, with three different telescopes: (a) the Sonoita Research Observatory (SRO) 0.35-m Celestron C14 robotic telescope (b) the 0.30-m Meade RCX-400 f/8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope owned by Associazione Astrofili Valle di Cembra (Trento, Italy), and (c) the 0.50-m f/8 Ritchey-Cretien telescope operated on top of Mt. Zugna by Museo Civico di Rovereto (Trento, Italy) Objects: --------------------------------------------------- RA (2000) DE Designation(s) --------------------------------------------------- 17 42 44.0 -23 40 35 V2615 Oph = NOVA Oph 2007 --------------------------------------------------- File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1.dat 50 116 Photometric measurements of V2615 Oph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 12 F12.4 d HJD Heliocentric Julian date 14- 19 F6.3 mag Vmag Johnson V magnitude 22- 26 F5.3 mag B-V ? Johnson B-V colour index 29- 33 F5.3 mag V-Rc ? Johnson-Cousins V-Rc colour index 36- 40 F5.3 mag Rc-Ic ? Cousins R-I colour index 43- 47 F5.3 mag V-Ic ? Johnson-Cousins V-Ic colour index 50 A1 --- Obs [abc] Observations telescope and site (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Observation telescope and site as follows: a = Sonoita Research Observatory (SRO) 0.35-m Celestron C14 telescope b = 0.30-m Meade RCX-400 f/8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, Associazione Astrofili Valle di Cembra (Trento, Italy) c = 0.50-m f/8 Ritchey-Cretien telescope, Mt. Zugna by Museo Civico di Rovereto (Trento, Italy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 29-Jun-2009
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