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Sakurai’s object: a [WC] star in a new bipolar nebula after VLTP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2025

G. C. Van de Steene*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
P. A. M. van Hoof
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan 3, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
S. Kimeswenger
Affiliation:
Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Católica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
M. Hajduk
Affiliation:
Department of Geodesy, Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
D. Tafoya
Affiliation:
Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, 439 92 Onsala, Sweden
J. A. Toalá
Affiliation:
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, UNAM, Ant. Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex-Hda. San José de la Huerta, Morelia 58089, Mich., Mexico
A. Zijlstra
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
D. Barría
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ingeniera y Arquitectura, Universidad Central de Chile, Av. Francisco de Aguirre 0405, La Serena, Coquimbo, Chile

Abstract

Optical spectra of the Very Late Thermal Pulse (VLTP) object V4334 Sgr have shown a rapidly changing spectrum resulting from shocks in the outflow, which created a new bipolar nebula inside the old nebula. We see C II and C III emission lines emerging typical of a [WC 11-10]-type star. The strong increase of [O III] and [S III] emission lines indicate the possible onset of photoionisation in the new ejecta.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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