Possible detection of V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object) at 450 and 850  m

T. R. Geballe, V. H. Tyne, Don L Pollacco, S. P. S. Eyres, B. Smalley, A. Evans

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Abstract

We report the possible detection of V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object) at 450 and 850 μm with SCUBA on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. The submillimetre photometry, combined with a 1–5 μm spectrum and 8–10 μm photometry obtained nearly contemporaneously, suggests that the submillimetre emission originates in material ejected during the 1995 event. The dust mass is a few×10-7 M⊙, the average mass-loss in the form of dust is few×10-8 M⊙ yr-1, and the integrated luminosity is log(L/L⊙)=3.66 for a distance of 2 kpc. The ejected shell had angular diameter ∼55 mas in 2001 August, and should by now be resolvable in the mid-infrared by 8–10 m class telescopes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L69-L72
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume332
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2002

Keywords

  • stars: carbon
  • stars: evolution
  • stars: individual: V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object)

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