arxiv: 1005.4356 · v1 · pith:A34ESIMBnew · submitted 2010-05-24 · 🌌 astro-ph.SR

SN2010U -- a Luminous Nova in NGC 4214

Roberta M. Humphreys , Jose L. Prieto , Philip Rosenfield , L. Andrew Helton , Christopher S. Kochanek , K. Z. Stanek , Rubab Khan , Dorota Szczygiel

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Karen Mogren Robert A. Fesen Dan Milisavljevic Benjamin Williams Jeremiah Murphy Julianne Dalcanton Karoline Gilbert

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The luminosity, light curve, post--maximum spectrum, and lack of a progenitor on deep pre-outburst images suggest that SN 2010U was a luminous, fast nova. Its outburst magnitude is consistent with that for a fast nova using the Maximum Magnitude-Rate of Decline relationship for classical novae.

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SN2010U -- a Luminous Nova in NGC 4214

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