Luminosities of [O III] and Hydrogen Balmer lines in nova shells years and decades after outburst

Ronald A. Downes, Hilmar W. Duerbeck, Catherine E. Delahodde

The evolution of the luminosity of nova shells in the century following the nova outburst is studied for the lines H-alpha, H-beta, and [O III]. About 1200 flux measurements from 9…