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We have examined VTL/ISAAC 1-2.5 $\umu$m spectroscopy of a sample of short orbital period cataclysmic variables which are candidates for harboring substellar companions. We provide descriptions of the infrared spectrum of \hbox{EI Psc},…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. E. Mennickent , M. P. Diaz , C. Tappert

We report spectroscopic observations of seven bright southern cataclysmic variable stars, collected on a single two-week observing run using the 1.9-m Radcliffe telescope at the South African Astronomical Observatory. We used radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-18 John R. Thorstensen , Chase K. Alvarado-Anderson , Abigail D. Burrows , Rowan M. Goebel-Bain , David C. Katz

We find that the ROSAT source 1RXS J105010.3-140431 is a cataclysmic variable with orbital period of 88.6 minutes and a spectrum closely resembling WZ Sge. In particular, emission lines are flanked by Stark-broadened absorption wings…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 R. E. Mennickent , M. Diaz , W. Skidmore , C. Sterken

As part of an effort to better characterize bright cataclysmic variables (CVs) and related systems which have received little attention in the past light curves of four systems (V504 Cen, KT Eri, Ret 1 and CTCV 2056-3014) are analyzed. For…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 Albert Bruch

Short time scale photometric properties of eight faint Cataclysmic Variable (CV) stars are presented. Nova Carinae 1895 (RS Car) has a photometric modulation at 1.977 h which could be either an orbital or a superhump period. Nova Carinae…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Patrick A. Woudt , Brian Warner

We present results from high speed photometry of a further thirteen faint cataclysmic variables. V356 Aql (Nova Aql 1936) shows flare-like outbursts with recurrence time scales ~ 3000 s, but no coherent periodicities. Aqr1 is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick A. Woudt , Brian Warner , Magaretha L. Pretorius

We have discovered a new high proper motion cataclysmic variable (CV) in the SUPERBLINK proper motion survey, which is sensitive to stars with proper motions greater than 40 mas/yr. This CV was selected for follow-up observations as part of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Julie N. Skinner , John R. Thorstensen , Sébastien Lépine

We report follow-up observations of five cataclysmic variable candidates from LAMOST published by Hou et al. (2020). LAMOST J024048.51+195226.9 is the most unusual of the five; an early-M type secondary star contributes strongly to its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-09 John R. Thorstensen

The spectrum of the recently discovered cataclysmic variable star (CV) ASAS-SN 13cl shows that a secondary star with spectral type K4 (+- 2 subclasses) contributes roughly half the optical light. The radial velocities of the secondary are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 John R. Thorstensen

We present further results from a high speed photometric survey of faint cataclysmic variables. We find that V842 Cen (Nova Cen 1986 No. 2) is highly active, but with no evident orbital modulation. BY Cir (Nova Cir 1995) is an eclipsing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Patrick A. Woudt , Brian Warner

We report photometry of the helium-rich cataclysmic variable ES Ceti during 2001-2004. The star is roughly stable at V ~ 17.0 and has a light curve dominated by a single period of 620 s, which remains measurably constant over the 3 year…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Catherine Espaillat , Joseph Patterson , Brian Warner , Patrick Woudt

We present VTL/ISAAC infrared spectroscopy of a sample of short orbital period cataclysmic variables which are candidates for harboring substellar companions. We have detected the KI and NaI absorption lines of the companion star in VY Aqr.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. E. Mennickent , M. P. Diaz

We analysed a wealth of optical spectroscopic and photometric observations of the bright (V=11.9) cataclysmic variable BG Tri. TheGaiaDR2 parallax gives a distance d=334(8)pc to the source, making the object one of the intrinsically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 M. S. Hernandez , G. Tovmassian , S. Zharikov , B. T. Gaensicke , D. Steeghs , A. Aungwerojwit , P. Rodriguez-Gil

We report detailed follow-up observations of 8 cataclysmic variable stars (CVs) that are apparently AM Her stars, also called polars. For all, we either determine orbital periods for the first time, or improve on existing determinations.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-29 John R. Thorstensen , Mokhine Motsoaledi , David A. H. Buckley , Patrick Woudt , Brian Warner

We have used the PACS instrument on the Herschel Space Observatory to observe eight cataclysmic variables at 70 and 160 microns. Of these eight objects, only AM Her was detected. We have combined the Herschel results with ground-based,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Thomas E. Harrison , Ryan T. Hamilton , Claus Tappert , Douglas I. Hoffman , Ryan K. Campbell

We report precise measures of the orbital and superhump period in twenty more dwarf novae. For ten stars, we report new and confirmed spectroscopic periods - signifying the orbital period P_o - as well as the superhump period P_sh. These…

We present spectroscopic and photometric observations of the cataclysmic variable CW 1045+525. Both the optical spectrum and the photometric lightcurve show a strong contribution of a K5V - M0V secondary. We derive an orbital period P_orb =…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Tappert , J. R. Thorstensen , W. H. Fenton , N. Bennert , L. Schmidtobreick , A. Bianchini

We present here results of an optical spectroscopic study of a new Cataclysmic Variable SDSS J001856.93+345444.3. We demonstrate that the most probable value of the orbital period of the system is Porb = 0.6051 \pm 0.022 days (=14.5226…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-30 D. Gonzalez , G. Tovmassian , S. Zharikov , A. Aviles , J. Echevarria

I conducted photometric observations of the cataclysmic variable LAMOST J035913.61+405035.0 and discovered previously unknown eclipses. During these observations, I recorded 14 eclipses over two groups of nights separated by 13 months. I…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-14 V. P. Kozhevnikov

Intermediate resolution (0.5-1 Angs) optical spectroscopy of the cataclysmic variable SY Cnc reveals the spectrum of the donor star. Our data enable us to resolve the orbital motion of the donor and provide a new orbital solution, binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Casares , I. G. Martinez-Pais , P. Rodriguez-Gil