On the progenitor system of V392 Persei

Abstract

A discussion regarding the progenitor system of the nova and dwarf nova system V392 Persei using archival data from 2MASS and WISE. We find that the system is unlikely to contain a luminous red giant donor (i.e. a symbiotic system), but cannot exclude the presence of a lower luminosity red giant or a sub-giant donor. The similarity of the SED of the quiescent V392 Per to that of GK Persei is noted.

3 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Research Notes of the AAS - a few minor 'typos' corrected, thanks to Brad Schaefer and Patrick Schmeer for their useful input