AG PEGASI - WILL ACCRETION BEGIN SOON

AG Pegasi is a symbiotic star which underwent a nova-like eruption in the middle of the 18(th) century. As a result of a thermonuclear runaw ay on the surface of a white dwarf, considerable mass loss from the ho t component has been observed during the last century. This hot wind i nteracts with the wind of the red giant(1,2,3). The hot-component lumi nosity has decreased during the last decade, and on this basis we pred ict that the colliding-winds stage will end, and accretion from the st ellar wind will recommence, about the year 2001.