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We present spectroscopy and orbital periods Porb of four relatively little-studied cataclysmic variable stars. The stars and their periods are: AF Cam, Porb = 0.324(1) d (the daily cycle count is slightly ambiguous); V2069 Cyg (= RX…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 J. R. Thorstensen , C. J. Taylor

We present spectroscopy of seven cataclysmic variable stars with orbital periods P(orb) greater than 5 hours, all but one of which are known to be dwarf novae. Using radial velocity measurements we improve on previous orbital period…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 John R. Thorstensen , William H. Fenton , Cynthia J. Taylor

We obtained time-series radial velocity spectroscopy of twenty cataclysmic variable stars, with the aim of determining orbital periods P_orb. All of the stars reported here prove to have P_orb > 3.5 h. For sixteen of the stars, these are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 John R. Thorstensen , Christopher S. Peters , Julie N. Skinner

We present high- and medium-resolution spectroscopic observations of the cataclysmic variable BF Eri during its low and bright states. The orbital period of this system was found to be 0.270881(3) days. The secondary star is clearly visible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. V. Neustroev , S. Zharikov

We present spectroscopy of four cataclysmic variables. Using radial velocity measurements, we find orbital periods for the first time. The stars and their periods are GY Hya, 0.347230(9) d; SDSS J204448-045929, 1.68(1) d; V392 Hya,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Christopher S. Peters , John R. Thorstensen

We report parallax and distance estimates for twelve more cataclysmic binaries and related objects observed with the 2.4m Hiltner telescope at MDM Observatory. The final parallax accuracy is typically about 1 mas. For only one of the twelve…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. R. Thorstensen , S. Lepine , M. Shara

We report on ground-based optical observations of ten cataclysmic binaries that were discovered through their X-ray emission. Time-resolved radial velocity spectroscopy yields unambiguous orbital periods for eight objects and ambiguous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 John R. Thorstensen , Jules Halpern

(Abridged). The cataclysmic binary V405 Peg, originally discovered as ROSAT Bright Source (RBS) 1955 (= 1RXS J230949.6+213523), shows a strong contribution from a late-type secondary star in its optical spectrum, which led Schwope et al. to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. R. Thorstensen , R. Schwarz , A. D. Schwope , A. Staude , J. Vogel , M. Krumpe , J. Kohnert , A. Nebot Gomez-Moran

Although a large number of orbital periods of cataclysmic variable stars (CVs) have been measured, comparison of period and luminosity distributions with evolutionary theory is affected by strong selection effects. A test has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. C. North , T. R. Marsh , U. Kolb , V. S. Dhillon , C. K. J. Moran

We present VLT and Magellan spectroscopy and NTT photometry of nine faint cataclysmic variables (CVs) which were spectroscopically identified by the SDSS. We measure orbital periods for five of these from the velocity variations of the…

We report follow-up studies of 35 recently-discovered cataclysmic variables (CVs), 32 of which were found in large, automated synoptic sky surveys. The objects were selected for observational tractability. For 34 of the objects we present…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 John R. Thorstensen , Erek H. Alper , Kathryn E. Weil

We report photometry and spectroscopy of the novalike variable DW Cancri. The spectra show the usual broad H and He emission lines, with an excitation and continuum slope characteristic of a moderately high accretion rate. A radial-velocity…

We report on follow-up spectroscopy and photometry of the cataclysmic variable candidate HS0907+1902 selected from the Hamburg Quasar Survey. B, V, and R photometry obtained during the first observed outburst of HS0907+1902 (V~13) reveals…

We report spectroscopy and photometry of the cataclysmic variable stars ASASSN-14ho and V1062 Cyg. Both are dwarf novae with spectra dominated by their secondary stars, which we classify as approxomately K4 and M0.5, respectively. Their…

We report time-series photometry of the quiescent optical counterpart of the EUV transient RE J1255+266. The star appears as a DA white dwarf with bright emission lines and a complex spectrum of periodic signals in its light curve. A signal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joseph Patterson , John Thorstensen , Jonathan Kemp

We present observations and analyses of five little-studied cataclysmic binary stars in the southern celestial hemisphere. Our new observations are from the South African Astronomical Observatory. The objects and salient results are as…

We give mean spectra and report orbital periods Porb based on radial velocities taken near minimum light for five dwarf novae, all of which prove to have Porb less than 2 hr. The stars and their periods are KX Aql, 0.06035(3) d; FT Cam,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. R. Thorstensen , W. H. Fenton

Continuing our work from Paper I (Southworth et al., 2006) we present medium-resolution spectroscopy and broad-band photometry of seven cataclysmic variables (CVs) discovered by the SDSS. For six of these objects we derive accurate orbital…

We present spectroscopy and orbital periods Porb for 30 apparently non-magnetic cataclysmic binaries with periods below about 3 hours, nearly all of which are dwarf novae, mostly of the SU Ursae Majoris subclass. We then turn to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-17 John R. Thorstensen

RBS (Rosat Bright Source) 0490 is a cataclysmic variable star (CV) with unusually strong emission lines. The strength of the emission lines led to a suggestion that the object is intrinsically faint and correspondingly nearby (approx. 33…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 John R. Thorstensen , Sebastien Lepine , Michael Shara
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