High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sakurai's Object (V4334 Sgr) in the constellation of Sagittarius, an object discovered to behave as a "slow nova" by Yukio Sakurai, a Japanese amateur astronomer, in 1996. It is believed to have been an asymptotic giant branch star that has undergone a final helium flash relieving it from its atmosphere to become a white dwarf. Sakurai's Object is largely believed to be a red giant star that was previously a white dwarf. The Very Late Thermal Pulse (VLTP) occurred during the white dwarf phase and swelled it up to giant size (due to the thermal pulse). These types of objects, of which only a handful have been observed, become hydrogen deficient and enriched in Helium and other metals.