VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2016 eruption LC of the recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a (Henze+, 2018)
Abstract
A major achievement for the 2016 eruption campaign was the addition of extensive observations from the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), along with the continued support of the Variable Star Observers League in Japan (VSOLJ; see Section 3.1 and Appendix A). Observations were also obtained from the Mount Laguna Observatory (MLO) 1.0m telescope in California, the Ondrejov Observatory 0.65m telescope in the Czech Republic, the Danish 1.54m telescope at La Silla in Chile, the fully robotic 2m Liverpool Telescope (LT) in La Palma, the 2.54m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) at La Palma, the Palomar 48" telescope in California, the 0.6m and 1m telescopes operated by members of the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Florida, the 2x8.4m (11.8m eq.) Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount Graham, Arizona, the 2m Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT) located at Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO), Hanle, India, and the 2.4m Hubble Space Telescope.
The 2016 eruption and pre-eruption interval of M31N 2008-12a were observed serendipitously by HST WFC3/UVIS as part of Program ID: 14651. The spectroscopic confirmation of the 2016 eruption of M31N 2008-12a was announced by Darnley+ (2016ATel.9852....1D), with additional spectroscopic follow-up reported in Pavana & Anupama (2016ATel.9865....1P). We obtained several spectra of the 2016 eruption with SPRAT, the low-resolution, high-throughput spectrograph on the LT. SPRAT covers the wavelength range of 4000-8000Å (resolution of ~18Å). We obtained an early spectrum of the nova, 0.54 days after eruption, using the Andalucia Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (ALFOSC) on the 2.5m Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma. In addition, 1.87 days after eruption, we obtained a spectrum of M31N 2008-12a using the blue channel of the 10m Hobby Eberly Telescope's (HET's) new integral-field Low Resolution Spectrograph (LRS2-B). Two epochs of spectra were obtained using the Himalayan Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (HFOSC) mounted on the 2m HCT located at IAO, Hanle, India. Three spectra were obtained with the 3.5m Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) telescope at the Apache Point Observatory, during the first half of the night on 2016 December 12, 13, and 17 (UT December 13, 14, and 18). A Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory target of opportunity (ToO) request was submitted immediately after confirming the eruption, and the satellite began observing the nova on 2016 December 12.65 UT. In addition, we triggered a 100ks XMM-Newton ToO. The XMM-Newton object ID is 078400. In addition, we obtained UV data using the XMM-Newton optical/UV monitor telescope. (1 data file).- Publication:
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VizieR Online Data Catalog
- Pub Date:
- February 2019
- DOI:
- 10.26093/cds/vizier.18570068
- Bibcode:
- 2019yCat..18570068H
- Keywords:
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- Photometry: UBVRI;
- Photometry: ugriz;
- Novae