TY - JOUR
T1 - The emission line galaxy TV Reticuli (research note) evidence for an ultraluminous supernova
AU - Schmidtobreick, L.
AU - Tappert, C.
AU - Horst, H.
AU - Saviane, I.
AU - Lidman, C.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - Aims. TV Ret was classified as a cataclysmic variable due to an outburst observed in 1977. We intended to confirm this classification and derive some basic properties of the system. Methods. Low resolution optical spectra were obtained for a spectral classification of the object. Results. We find that the object is not a cataclysmic variable but an emission line galaxy with a redshift z = 0.0964. An R-image taken in very good seeing conditions shows that the object is extended. Conclusions. We show that TV Ret is a blue dwarf galaxy, probably compact, with an absolute magnitude of MB = -17.5, a metallicity of 0.12 solar, and an average temperature of 1.3 × 10 4 K. The line ratios place it among the H II galaxies, although close to the border of the Seyfert 2s. The outburst, which was observed in 1977, could thus be explained by a supernova explosion. However, with an absolute magnitude around MB = -21, it was an extremely bright one.
AB - Aims. TV Ret was classified as a cataclysmic variable due to an outburst observed in 1977. We intended to confirm this classification and derive some basic properties of the system. Methods. Low resolution optical spectra were obtained for a spectral classification of the object. Results. We find that the object is not a cataclysmic variable but an emission line galaxy with a redshift z = 0.0964. An R-image taken in very good seeing conditions shows that the object is extended. Conclusions. We show that TV Ret is a blue dwarf galaxy, probably compact, with an absolute magnitude of MB = -17.5, a metallicity of 0.12 solar, and an average temperature of 1.3 × 10 4 K. The line ratios place it among the H II galaxies, although close to the border of the Seyfert 2s. The outburst, which was observed in 1977, could thus be explained by a supernova explosion. However, with an absolute magnitude around MB = -21, it was an extremely bright one.
KW - Galaxies: active
KW - Galaxies: dwarf
KW - Galaxies: starburst
KW - Stars: dwarf novae
KW - Stars: individual: TV Ret
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U2 - 10.1051/0004-6361:20066110
DO - 10.1051/0004-6361:20066110
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33846370466
SN - 0004-6361
VL - 461
SP - 943
EP - 947
JO - Astronomy and Astrophysics
JF - Astronomy and Astrophysics
IS - 3
ER -