UY Puppis - A New Anomalous Z Cam Type Dwarf Nova
Abstract
The defining characteristic of Z Cam stars are standstills in their light curves. Some Z Cams exhibit atypical behaviour by going into outburst from a standstill. It has previously been suggested that UY Pup had been a Z Cam star, but it was ruled out due to its long-term light curve. However, in December 2015 UY Pup went into outburst and unexpectedly entered into a short standstill instead of returning to quiescence. Furthermore, UY Pup exhibited additional unusual behaviour with two outbursts detected during its standstill. After this standstill UY Pup made a brief excursion to a quiescence state and slowly rose to a longer and well-defined standstill, where it again went into another outburst. Through comparative analysis, research, and observational data of UY Pup it is evident and thus concluded that it is indeed a Z Cam star, in which renders it to be one of only four known anomalous Z Cam stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1610.07056,
title = {UY Puppis - A New Anomalous Z Cam Type Dwarf Nova},
author = {Rod Stubbings and Mike Simonsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07056},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures, Minor changes to reflect the accepted version for publication in the Journal of the AAVSO