V605 Aql: 80 Years after the Final Helium Shell Flash
Abstract
We have obtained new optical spectra with the ESO/VLT of the final helium flash star, V605 Aql. These spectra indicate that V605 Aql has evolved significantly in only 80 years. It now has a T$_eff∼$95,000 K and has abundances similar to those seen in [WC] central stars but not to those of a typical RCB star.
- Publication:
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Planetary Nebulae in our Galaxy and Beyond
- Pub Date:
- 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921306003334
- Bibcode:
- 2006IAUS..234..379C