Figure 3 from A Hubble Space Telescope Survey for Novae in M87. II. Snuffing out the Maximum Magnitude–Rate of Decline Relation for Novae as a Non-standard Candle, and a Prediction of the Existence of Ultrafast Novae

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A Hubble Space Telescope Survey for Novae in M87. II. Snuffing out the Maximum Magnitude–Rate of Decline Relation for Novae as a Non-standard Candle, and a Prediction of the Existence of Ultrafast Novae

Authors: Michael M. Shara, Trisha Doyle, Tod R. Lauer, David Zurek, Edward A. Baltz, Attay Kovetz, Juan P. Madrid, Joanna Mikołajewska, J. D. Neill, Dina Prialnik, D. L. Welch, and Ofer Yaron

2017 The Astrophysical Journal 839 109.

Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

Same as Figure 1, but including 75 nova models from Yaron et al. (2005) represented as triangles colored according to the mass accretion rate (assumed constant) onto the WD. Mass accretion rates that differ by several orders of magnitude can produce identical values of t₂ or peak luminosity.

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