The Bright Symbiotic Mira EF Aquilae
Abstract
An incidental spectrum of the poorly studied long-period variable EF Aquilae shows [O III] emission indicative of a symbiotic star. Strong GALEX detections in the UV reinforce this classification, providing overt evidence for the presence of the hot subluminous companion. Recent compilations of the photometric behavior strongly suggest that the cool component is a Mira variable. Thus EF Aql appears to be a member of the rare symbiotic Mira subgroup.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- February 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1538-3873/128/960/024201
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1512.04075
- Bibcode:
- 2016PASP..128b4201M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Accepted for publication in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 128 (2016)
