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Combining with our newest CCD times of light minimum of EM Cygni, all 45 available times of light minimum including 7 data with large scatters are compiled and the updated O-C analysis is made. The bestfit for the O-C diagram of EM Cygni is…

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We present results from a study of TESS observations of the eclipsing dwarf nova system Z Cha, covering both an outburst and a superoutburst. We discover that Z Cha undergoes hysteretic loops in eclipse depth - out-of-eclipse flux space in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 J. M. C. Court , S. Scaringi , S. Rappaport , Z. Zhan , C. Littlefield , N. Castro Segura , C. Knigge , T. Maccarone , M. Kennedy , P. Szkody , P. Garnavich

Four newest CCD eclipse timings of the white dwarf for polar UZ Fornacis and Six updated CCD mid-eclipse times for SW Sex type nova-like V348 Puppis are obtained. The detailed O-C analyses for both CVs inside period gap are made. Orbital…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Z. -B. Dai , S. -B. Qian , E. Fernandez Lajus , G. L. Baume

Even among the brigher cataclysmic variables an appreciable number of objects exist about which not much is known. One of them, MU Cen, was observed as part of a small project to better characterize these neglected systems. The temporal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-22 Albert Bruch

Although comparatively bright, the cataclysmic variable GY Hya has not attracted much attention in the past. As part of a project to better characterize such systems photometrically, we observed light curves in white light, each spanning…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-22 Albert Bruch , Berto Monard

GSC 4560-02157 is a new eclipsing cataclysmic variable with an orbital period of $0.265359$ days. By using the published $V-$ and $R-$band data together with our observations, we discovered that the $O-C$ curve of GSC 4560-02157 may shows a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-10 Zhong-tao Han , Sheng-bang Qian , Irina Voloshina , Vladimir G. Metlov , Li-ying Zhu , Lin-jia Li

By using six new determined mid-eclipse times together with those collected from the literature, we found that the Observed-Calculated (O-C) curve of RR Cae shows a cyclic change with a period of 11.9 years and an amplitude of 14.3s, while…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. -B. Qian , L. Liu , L. -Y. Zhu , Z. -B. Dai , E. Fernandez Lajus , G. L. Baume

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

We study the variability of the cataclysmic variable DO Dra, on time-scales of between minutes and decades. The characteristic decay time dt/dm=0.902(3) days/mag was estimated from our 3 nights of CCD R observations. The quiescent data show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-13 I. L. Andronov , L. L. Chinarova , W. Han , Y. Kim , J. -N. Yoon

We report the discovery of eclipses and the first orbital period measurements for four cataclysmic variables, plus the first orbital period measurements for one known eclipsing and two magnetic systems. SDSS J093537.46+161950.8 exhibits…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 John Southworth , C. Tappert , B. T. Gaensicke , C. M. Copperwheat

The observations of the two-periodic magnetic cataclysmic system EX Hya have been carried out, using the telescopes RC16 and TOA-150 of the Tzec Maun observatory. 6 nights of observations were obtained in 2010-2011 (alternatively changing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Ivan L. Andronov , Vitalii V. Breus

We analyzed TESS data of the IW And-type dwarf nova ST Cha during ordinary dwarf nova states. We have identified an orbital period of 0.285360(1) d. The object was reported to be eclipsing in the past using the data obtained in the 1970s,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-17 Taichi Kato , Naoto Kojiguchi

We report evidence from eclipse timing that two otherwise apparently normal cataclysmic variables have experienced abrupt changes in their orbital periods. The orbital period of HS 2325+8205 increased by 22.15 msec (1.3 x 10-6 of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-07 David Boyd

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 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

During the British Astronomical Association (BAA) 2022 campaign, 27436 photometric observations of the dwarf nova (DN) CG Draconis were made, with 106 eclipses recorded. This work summarizes the new data available and provides updated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 Maxim Usatov , Jeremy Shears

To detect additional bodies in binary systems, we performed a potent approach of orbital period variation analysis. In this work, we present 90 new mid-eclipse times of a short-period eclipsing binary system. Observations were made using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 Huseyin Er , Aykut Özdönmez , Ilham Nasiroglu , Muhammet Emir Kenger

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 report on phase-resolved optical spectroscopy and photometry in the R and B bands of the white dwarf candidate ZTF 185139.81+171430.3. The source has been reported to be variable with a large amplitude of close to 1 magnitude, in the R…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 C. C. Pedersen , M. R. M. Knudsen , K. Valeckas , L. Izzo , T. M. Tauris , J. P. U. Fynbo

New CCD photometric observations of the eclipsing system AR Boo were obtained from February 2006 to April 2008. The star's photometric properties are derived from detailed studies of the period variability and of all available light curves.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jae Woo Lee , Jae-Hyuck Youn , Chung-Uk Lee , Seung-Lee Kim , Robert H. Koch