RS Ophiuchi
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RS Ophiuchi is a recurrent nova system approximately 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. In its quiet phase it has an apparent magnitude of about 12.5. It has been observed to erupt
Recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi in eruption of February 2006
Image of RS Oph in 2021 outburst from Nakhodka
radio profile of RS Ophiuchi, together with the fireball as seen by VLTI 5.5 days after outburst (coloured ellipses).
Nova remnant
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A nova remnant is made up of the material either left behind by a sudden explosive fusion eruption by classical novae, or from multiple ejections by recurrent novae. Over their short lifetimes, nova s
RS Ophiuchi
…accretion disc concentrating the overflowing atmosphere of the red giant onto the white dwarf. The nova is surrounded by a 70 parsecs (230 light-years) nova super-remnant (not to be confused with supernova remnant). The nova remnant has an estimated mass between 20 and 200 M☉ and an age between 50 and 100,000 years. Such…
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