CK Vulpeculae
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Star CK Vulpeculae |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Fox | ||||
| Right ascension | 19 h 47 m 38 s | ||||
| declination | + 27 ° 18 ′ 48 ″ | ||||
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| distance | 550 ± 150 pc | ||||
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CK Vulpeculae (Nova 1670 Vulpeculae) is an astronomical phenomenon observed in 1670 in the constellation Fox . The first discoverer was the monk Voituret Anthelme, but the phenomenon was also discovered independently of Johannes Hevelius . At first it was suspected that it was a classic nova . Recent research explains the phenomenon by the collision of two stars, a brown dwarf and a ten times larger white dwarf . The element lithium and organic molecules such as formaldehyde , methanol and methanamide are found in the mist . These are destroyed in an environment in which nuclear fusion takes place and were probably brought into the nebula by the brown dwarf.
Web links
Commons : CK Vulpeculae - collection of images, videos and audio files
- ESO: Tracking the Hourglass October 8, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stewart Eyres, Aneurin Evans, Albert Zijlstra, Adam Avison, Robert Gehrz, Marcin Hajduk, Sumner Starrfield, Shazrene Mohamed, Charles Woodward, R. Mark Wagner: ALMA reveals the aftermath of a white dwarf - brown dwarf merger in CK Vulpeculae. Sep 2018 arXiv: 1809.05849