In an attempt to characterize the quiescent counterpart, Prof. Shafter et al. obtained a spectrum of the putative quiescent counterpart using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Jan. 2023. The spectrum is dominated by a blue giant, which cannot be explained by current models.🔭
All in all, this is a very interesting nova system. A complete model for the system will require a more thorough investigation of the quiescent counterpart, which is currently underway. Read our paper here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...arxiv.org/abs/2410.07105 🔭
Discovery of Two New Eruptions of the Ultrashort Recurrence Time Nova M31N 2017-01e* , Allen W. Shafter, Jingyuan Zhao, Kamil Hornoch, Hana Kučáková, Kenta Taguchi, Jiashuo Zhang, Jia You, Binyu Wang, Runwei Xu, Weiye Wang, Yuqing Ren, Lanhe Ding, Xiaochang Yan, Mi Zhang, Wei-Hao Wang, Howard E. Bond, Robert Williams, Gregory R. Zeimann