paper

The Unusual Eruption of the Extragalactic Classical Nova M31N 2017-09a

arXiv:2006.10118

Abstract

M31N 2017-09a is a classical nova and was observed for some 160 days following its initial eruption, during which time it underwent a number of bright secondary outbursts. The light-curve is characterized by continual variation with excursions of at least 0.5 magnitudes on a daily time-scale. The lower envelope of the eruption suggests that a single power-law can describe the decline rate. The eruption is relatively long with $t_{2} = 111$ , and $t_{3} = 153$ days.

8 pages, 3 figures