A New Active Stage of the Symbiotic Star CH Cygni
Takashi Iijima (INAF Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Asiago Station)
The spectral variation of the symbiotic star CH Cygni has been monitored at Asiago Astrophysical Observatory using the 1.22m Galileo telescope. Recently, P Cygni type high velocity absorption components appeared on the H I Balmer lines, which were not seen in early December 2016. The blue-shifts of the absorption components from the narrow emission ones were -1890 km/s on 2017 Jan. 24.20 UT, -2040 km/s on Feb. 15.19, -2240 km/s on Feb. 26.13, and -1930 km/s on March 3.16. The equivalent widths of those of H_beta on respective date were 0.16, 0.17, 0.32, and 0.09 nm, and their FWHMs were roughly 0.6 nm. This object has probably entered a new active stage.
optical,cataclysmic variable,star,variables