Early decline spectra of nova SMC 2001 and nova LMC 2002
1
ESO, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Casillas 19001, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile e-mail: emason@eso.org
2
Osservatorio Astronomico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, Firenze, Italy
3
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, USA
Received:
25
May
2004
Accepted:
22
November
2004
We report results on the spectroscopic follow-up of Nova SMC
2001 and Nova LMC 2002 carried out at La Silla. The analysis of the
spectroscopic evolution shows that these objects belong to the Fe II class, according to the Cerro Tololo scheme. From the line fluxes
and the expansion velocities, we have derived an approximate
mass for the ejected shells of 
. The
filling factor measurements (
)
suggest a clumpy structure for the ejecta.
Key words: stars: novae, cataclysmic variables / stars: individual: Nova LMC 2002, Nova SMC 2001
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