[vsnet-alert 13206] T Pyx spectrum (April 16)

[K. Imamura]

   We have obtained a spectrum (R~400) of the recurrent nova T Pyxidis on April 16.528 (UT), using the DSS-7 spectrometer attached to the 0.28-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at the Tanabe Personal Observatory (Okayama Univ. of Sci. team). Emission lines of Balmer series, He I (5016, 5876, 6678), N II (4489, 4655, 5001, 5679, 5938, 6482), N III (4640) and O I (7774) are seen on the our spectrum. The FWHM of H_alpha is approximately 1500 km/s.

Our spectrum can be seen in the fllowing: 
http://blog-imgs-32-origin.fc2.com/t/n/b/tnblab/tpyx_tnb_20110416.png

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Kazuyoshi Imamura and Kenji Tanabe
Okayama Univ. of Sci. team