A Bow-Shock Nebula Around the Z Camelopardalis-type Cataclysmic Variable FY Vulpeculae
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| author | Bond, Howard E. Carter, Calvin Coles, Eric Goodhew, Peter Talbot, Jonathan Zeimann, Gregory R. |
| author_facet | Bond, Howard E. Carter, Calvin Coles, Eric Goodhew, Peter Talbot, Jonathan Zeimann, Gregory R. |
| contents | We present deep images of the faint nebulosity StDr 90, which we have discovered surrounds the cataclysmic variable (CV) star FY Vulpeculae. Archival photometric and spectroscopic observations, and a new optical spectrum, confirm that FY Vul belongs to the Z Camelopardalis subclass of CVs. Our imagery, obtained by accumulating long exposures with amateur telescopes equipped with CMOS cameras, shows a prominent bow shock in the light of [O III] 5007 A, collisionally excited in front of the star as it passes through a relatively dense region in the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). FY Vul also lies near the edge of an extended faint Halpha-emitting nebula, which we interpret as a "recombination wake," i.e., a Stromgren zone recombining after being photoionized by the star's ultraviolet radiation. FY Vul joins five other CVs known to be associated with optical bow shocks and off-center nebulae. All of them are characterized by luminous accretion disks, which drive fast winds into the ISM that produce the bow shocks. |
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| spellingShingle | A Bow-Shock Nebula Around the Z Camelopardalis-type Cataclysmic Variable FY Vulpeculae Bond, Howard E. Carter, Calvin Coles, Eric Goodhew, Peter Talbot, Jonathan Zeimann, Gregory R. Solar and Stellar Astrophysics We present deep images of the faint nebulosity StDr 90, which we have discovered surrounds the cataclysmic variable (CV) star FY Vulpeculae. Archival photometric and spectroscopic observations, and a new optical spectrum, confirm that FY Vul belongs to the Z Camelopardalis subclass of CVs. Our imagery, obtained by accumulating long exposures with amateur telescopes equipped with CMOS cameras, shows a prominent bow shock in the light of [O III] 5007 A, collisionally excited in front of the star as it passes through a relatively dense region in the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). FY Vul also lies near the edge of an extended faint Halpha-emitting nebula, which we interpret as a "recombination wake," i.e., a Stromgren zone recombining after being photoionized by the star's ultraviolet radiation. FY Vul joins five other CVs known to be associated with optical bow shocks and off-center nebulae. All of them are characterized by luminous accretion disks, which drive fast winds into the ISM that produce the bow shocks. |
| title | A Bow-Shock Nebula Around the Z Camelopardalis-type Cataclysmic Variable FY Vulpeculae |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03587 |