Getting SMARTS on Novae: Highlights of the Early Evolution of Nova V475 Sct |
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Authors: | Guy S Stringfellow Frederich M Walter |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Astrophysics & Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, 389 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309–0389, USA;(2) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794–3800, USA |
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Abstract: | There is a disconcerting global trend of retiring telescopes of modest aperture, supplanting them instead with fewer expensive telescopes of quite large aperture. As a consequence, the available time and feasibility of following transient objects in astrophysics is diminishing. We show the utility of having a suite of small to moderate aperture telescopes capable of conducting imaging and spectroscopic observations in a service queue mode. The example we provide is the high-cadence early observations of the classical nova V475 Scuti (2003) carried out with the SMARTS suite of telescopes located at CTIO. |
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Keywords: | Novae Photometry Spectroscopy Light curves Line profiles |
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