The rise and fall of V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object)

H. W. Duerbeck, W. Liller, C. Sterken +10

CCD UBVRi photometry of the final helium flash object V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object), carried out during 1997 - 1999, is presented, and the light curve from its pre-discovery rise to…