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Radio emission from R Aquarii

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R AQUARII has been known as a variable star since its discovery by Harding in 1811. Although R Aquarii is usually referred to as a long-period variable it has been described as a symbiotic nova by Merrill (ref. 1, page 84) and Payne-Gaposhkin2. Photographic evidence discussed below indicates that a nova outburst occurred approximately 600 yr ago. Prompted by the nova-like radio outbursts from Cygnus X-3 we started a search for radio emission from some of the eruptive variable stars. Here we report the detection of variable radio emission from R Aquarii.

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    Present address: Physics Department and Institute for Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1W5

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GREGORY, P., SEAQUIST, E. Radio emission from R Aquarii. Nature 247, 532–534 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247532a0

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