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star, Hany star, broom star

position:

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1431

old spelling:

Chiu-Yu

duration:
15
d
colour etc.:
yellowish-white

supernova?

-

nova

suggested

supernova candidates

nova candidates

no SNR/ PSR candidate

IW Eri, BF Eri, KT Eri, HY Eri, AQ Eri, CSS 110113:043112 − 031452, CSS 110114:044903 − 184129, CSS 100218:043829 + 004016, ASASSN-16dl, ASASSN-14er

alternatives:
         comet, microlensing or

poss. Comet

most likely:

KT Eri most likely candidate

Reference (see publications)

Paper 0: Protte and Hoffmann, AN, 2020 

Paper 1: Vogt, Hoffmann, Tappert, AN, 2019 

Paper 2: Hoffmann, MNRAS 2019 

Paper 3: Hoffmann, Vogt, Protte, AN, 2020 

Paper 4: Hoffmann and Vogt, MNRAS, 2020

Paper 5: Hoffmann and Vogt, MNRAS, 2020

Paper 6: Hoffmann and Vogt, MNRAS, 2020

Book: Wolfschmidt and Hoffmann (eds.) 2021

Paper 7: Hoffmann, Vogt, New Astronomy, 2022

Reference

Paper 5

Reference

Paper 4

Map of the search field

no SNR/ PSR candidate

red ovals: all SNRs in field, 
blue asterixes: pulsars in the field

KT Eri most likely candidate
KT Eri most likely candidate

diamonds: all CVs in field, 
filled diamonds: bright enough

cyan ovals: all PNe in field, 
diamonds: symbiotic & CVs

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