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OATS-UNI/TS SEMINAR
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Speaker: Elena Mason (STScI, USA)

Title: Serendipities in the study of classical and recurrent novae
Date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Time: 11:30
Venue: Villa Bazzoni
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Abstract: Large surveys and relatively low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) observations are fundamental to address the general properties of any given astrophysical class of objects. However monitoring of individual systems -through increasingly high quality and SNR observations- reveals new insights which might even require the revision of the currently adopted paradigms. In this talk I will present a few examples in the field of cataclysmic variables and novae where this has occurred, leading also to serendipitous discoveries.
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Contact: Stefano Cristiani (OATS)