UBVJHKLM Photometry and Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Nova Delphini 2013 (V339 Del)

• Main Authors: Burlak M. A., Esipov V. F., Komissarova G. V., Shenavrin V. I., Taranova O. G., Tatarnikov A. M., Tatarnikova A. A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2015-03-01
• Series: Open Astronomy
• Subjects: novae; infrared: stars; stars: individual: v339 del
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0209

We present UBVJHKLM photometric observations of Nova Delphini 2013 that started several hours before maximum light and lasted for 130 nights. Using the obtained data, we derived several photometric parameters of the Nova: the time of maximum light, brightness at maximum, rate of decline, t2 = 11 d. This places Nova Del 2013 among fast novae according to the classification introduced by Payne-Gaposchkin. We estimated the interstellar reddening EB−V = 0.18 using maps of Galactic extinction and the absolute brightness in maximum light via the MMRD relation that allowed us to determine the distance D ≈ 2.7 kpc and height above the Galactic plane z ≈ 440 pc. Low-resolution spectroscopy shows that Nova Del 2013 belongs to the Fe II spectral type of novae. The broad emission feature near 6825 Å observed during 2013 August and September may be the Raman-scattered OVI 1032 Å line.