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We present high time resolution SDSS-$g'$ and SDSS-$z'$ light curves of the primary eclipse in SDSS J141126.20+200911.1, together with time-resolved X-Shooter spectroscopy and near-infrared $JHK_{s}$ photometry. Our observations confirm the…

We have discovered a partially eclipsing white dwarf, low-mass M dwarf binary (3 hour 54.41 second orbital period), SDSS J143547.87+373338.5, from May 2007 observations at the WIYN telescope. Here we present blue band photometry of three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Justin D. R. Steinfadt , Lars Bildsten , Steve B. Howell

We report the discovery of ZTF J2243+5242, an eclipsing double white dwarf binary with an orbital period of just $8.8$ minutes, the second known eclipsing binary with an orbital period less than ten minutes. The system likely consists of…

We report the discovery and analysis of PTF1 J085713+331843, a new eclipsing post common-envelope detached white-dwarf red-dwarf binary with a 2.5h orbital period discovered by the Palomar Transient Factory. ULTRACAM multicolour photometry…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-19 J. van Roestel , P. J. Groot , D. Levitan , T. A. Prince , S. Bloemen , T. R. Marsh , V. S. Dhillon , D. Shupe , R. Laher

Aims. We present new photometry of the faint and poorly studied cataclysmic variable SDSS J152419.33+220920.0, analyze its light curve and provide an accurate ephemeris for this system. Methods. Time-resolved CCD differential photometry was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 R. Michel , J. Echevarria , J. V. Hernandez-Santisteban

We report on the discovery of the shortest period binary comprising a hot subdwarf star (CD-30 11223, GALEX J1411-3053) and a massive unseen companion. Photometric data from the All Sky Automated Survey show ellipsoidal variations of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Vennes , A. Kawka , S. J. O'Toole , P. Nemeth , D. Burton

HS0907+1902 was recently discovered to be one of a handful of deeply eclipsing dwarf novae with periods longward of the 2 -- 3 hr `gap'. This paper presents orbit-resolved spectra and time series photometry of an eclipse. The apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John R. Thorstensen

We present time resolved photometry of the cataclysmic variable SDSS J081610.84+453010.2 and have established for the first time that it is an eclipsing dwarf nova. We observed an outburst of the system which lasted about 11 days and had an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-04 Jeremy Shears , Steve Brady , Tut Campbell , Arne Henden , Enrique de Miguel , Etienne Morelle , George Roberts , Richard Sabo , Ian Miller

We conducted a spectroscopic and photometric study of SDSS J075653.11+085831. X-ray observations were also attempted. We determined the orbital period of this binary system to be 3.29 hr. It is a deep eclipsing system, whose spectra shows…

We report the discovery of the sixth known eclipsing double white dwarf (WD) system, SDSS J1152+0248, with a 2.3968 +/- 0.0003 h orbital period, in data from the Kepler Mission's K2 continuation. Analysing and modelling the K2 data together…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-24 N. Hallakoun , D. Maoz , M. Kilic , T. Mazeh , A. Gianninas , E. Agol , K. J. Bell , S. Bloemen , W. R. Brown , J. Debes , S. Faigler , I. Kull , T. Kupfer , A. Loeb , B. M. Morris , F. Mullally

The magnetic white dwarf SDSS J121209.31+013627.7 exhibits a weak, narrow Halpha emission line whose radial velocity and strength are modulated on a period of ~90 minutes. Though indicative of irradiation on a nearby companion, no cool…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. D. Schmidt , P. Szkody , N. M. Silvestri , M. C. Cushing , J. Liebert , P. S. Smith

We measure the radial velocity curve of the eclipsing detached white dwarf binary NLTT 11748. The primary exhibits velocity variations with a semi-amplitude of 273 km/s and an orbital period of 5.641 hr. We do not detect any spectral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Mukremin Kilic , Carlos Allende Prieto , Warren R. Brown , M. A. Agueros , S. J. Kenyon , Fernando Camilo

We report unfiltered CCD photometry of the eclipsing dwarf nova SDSS J093249.57+472523.0 obtained during its first confirmed outburst in 2011 March. The outburst amplitude was at least 3.0 magnitudes above mean quiescence and it lasted at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-06 Jeremy Shears , Steve Brady , Shawn Dvorak , Enrique de Miguel , Etienne Morelle , Arto Oksanen , Richard Sabo

We present simultaneous spectral and photometric observations of SDSS J123813.73-033933.0. From Ha radial velocity measurements we determined the orbital period of the system to be 0.05592+/-0.00002 days (80.53 min). The spectrum shows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. V. Zharikov , G. H. Tovmassian , V. Neustroev , R. Michel , R. Napiwotzki

A search for recoiling supermassive black hole candidates recently yielded the best candidate thus far, SDSS J092712.65+294344.0 reported by Komossa et al. Here we propose the alternative hypothesis that this object is a supermassive black…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Tamara Bogdanovic , Michael Eracleous , Steinn Sigurdsson

We report the discovery of a new detached, double white dwarf system with an orbital period of 39.8 min. We targeted SDSS J163030.58+423305.8 (hereafter J1630) as part of our radial velocity program to search for companions around low-mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Mukremin Kilic , Warren R. Brown , J. J. Hermes , Carlos Allende Prieto , S. J. Kenyon , D. E. Winget , K. I. Winget

We report the discovery of a new detached eclipsing binary known as NSVS01031772 with component masses M_1= 0.5428 +/- 0.0027Msun, M_2= 0.4982 +/- 0.0025Msun, and radii R_1= 0.5260 +/- 0.0028Rsun, R_2= 0.5088 +/- 0.0030Rsun. The system has…

We present the discovery of the eclipsing double white dwarf (WD) binary WDJ 022558.21-692025.38 that has an orbital period of 47.19 min. Following identification with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, we obtained time-series…

The cataclysmic variable SDSS154453+2553 was recently identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We obtained spectra and photometry at the MDM Observatory, which revealed an eclipse with a 6.03 hour period. The H{\alpha} emission line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-09 Julie N. Skinner , John R. Thorstensen , Eve Armstrong , Steve Brady

The cataclysmic variable SDSSJ 015543.40+002807.2 is confirmed to be a magnetic system of the AM Herculis type. With an orbital period of 87.13 min, it is also the shortest-period eclipsing Polar known. Monitoring with XMM-Newton finds a…