V Sge: supersoft source or exotic hot binary? – I. An X-Shooter campaign in the high state
V Sge is a peculiar, highly luminous long-period (12.34 h) binary star that can display a supersoft X-ray emitting component when in the faint phase of its $V \approx 10-13$ mag variability range. Apparently undergoing Eddington-limited accretion from its more massive secondary, it is in a very rare, short-lived evolutionary phase towards the
Hakala, Pasi et al.
Fecha de publicación:
11
2025