NSV 11749, an elder sibling of the born-again stars V605 Aql and V4334 Sgr?

• Autores: Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel; Rohrmann, R. D.; Granada, A.; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
• Año de publicación: 2011
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Cataclysmic Variables ­; Agb And Post-Agb ­; Nsv 11749 (Estrella); V4334 Sgr (Estrella); V605 Aql (Estrella); Novae
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

We argue that NSV 11749, an eWe argue that NSV 11749, an eruption observed in the early twentieth century, was a rare event known as “very late thermal pulse” (VLTP). To support our argument we compare the light curve of NSV 11749 with those of the two bona fide VLTP objects known to date, V4334 Sgr and V605 Aql, and with those predicted by state-of-the-art stellar evolution models. Next, we explore the INT Photometric H-Alpha Survey (IPHAS) and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) catalogs for possible counterparts of the eruption. Our analysis shows that the VLTP scenario outperforms all other proposed scenarios as an explanation of NSV 11749. We identify an IPHAS/2MASS source at the eruption location of NSV 11749. The derived colors suggest that the object is not enshrouded in a thick dust shell as V605 Aql and V4334 Sgr. Also, the absence of an apparent planetary nebula at the eruption location suggests differences with known VLTP objects which might be linked to the intensity of the eruption and the mass of the object. Further exploration of this source and scenario seems desirable. If NSV 11749 was a born-again star, it would be the third event of its kind to have been observed and will strongly help us to increase our understanding of the later stages of stellar evolution and violent reactive convective burning.
Fil: Miller Bertolami, Marcelo Miguel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Rohrmann, R. D.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientiâ­ficas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico San Juan. Instituto de Ciencias Astronomicas de la Tierra y del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Granada, A.. Observatoire Astronomique de l’Universite de Genéeve; Suiza
Fil: Althaus, Leandro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina