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We discuss here the interpretation of the radio emission from V1016 Cygni, the peculiar emission object discovered by McCuskey1. Before an outburst which probably occurred before 1965, the spectrum of the object resembled that of an M star with Hα emission2. Since that time, V1016 Cygni has become an intense emission line object considerably brighter than its pre-outburst counterpart. In addition to the intense emission lines, the object exhibits Balmer continuum radiation3, which seems to be the dominant source of continuum emission, and intense infrared emission possibly associated with circumstellar dust clouds4.
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SEAQUIST, E., GREGORY, P. Nature of the Peculiar Emission Object V1016 Cygni. Nature Physical Science 245, 85–87 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci245085a0
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