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The Polar CSS 081231:071126+440405 at a Low Accretion Rate

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2010-02-03 v1

Abstract

Time-resolved photometry of the eclipsing polar CSS 081231:071126+44040 was obtained with the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) on four nights in October 2009. The light curve shows a single accretion hotspot lagging 10 degrees behind the secondary. The last two nights of data show "sputtering" accretion and the hotspot nearly disappears in consecutive orbits.

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@article{arxiv.1002.0339,
  title  = {The Polar CSS 081231:071126+440405 at a Low Accretion Rate},
  author = {Katie Thorne and Peter Garnavich and Katherine Mohrig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.0339},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures; IBVS Number 5923