The Status of Nova Orionis 1667

Abstract

Images taken in 1.3" seeing show that a claimed hibernating nova, Candidate 5 shown in a Sky & Telescope Newswire item, is found to be a visual binary, with a 1.1" separation between components. Spectra reveal the components to be emission-line M0 and K7 stars.

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