Abstract
We present Spitzer Space Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory infrared observations of the recurrent nova T Pyx during its 2011 eruption, complemented by ground-base opticalinfrared photometry. We find that the eruption has heated dust in the pre-existing nebulosity associated with T Pyx. This is most likely interstellar dust swept up by T Pyx-either during previous eruptions or by a wind-rather than the accumulation of dust produced during eruptions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | L69-L73 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters |
Volume | 424 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Keywords
- Circumstellar matter
- ISM: general
- Infrared: stars
- Novae, Cataclysmic variables
- Stars: individual: T Pyx