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We report the discovery and characterization of ZTF J0112+5827, a new magnetic cataclysmic variable with an orbital period of 80.9 minutes. ROSAT observations revealed X-ray emission with an average flux of $(68.4 \pm 15.7) \times 10^{-14}$…

We present X-ray and optical data of the newly discovered AM Her variable RX J1802.1+1804 = V884 Her. This X-ray source was observed in the ROSAT All-Sky-Survey in September 1990 and subsequently discovered as a highly variable and soft…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Greiner , R. A. Remillard , C. Motch

We report the discovery of a new eclipsing polar, MASTER OT J061451.70-272535.5, detected as an optical transient by MASTER auto-detection software at the recently commissioned MASTER-SAAO telescope. Time resolved (10-20 s) photometry with…

We report the discovery of SRGE J075818-612027, a deep stream-eclipsing magnetic cataclysmic variable found serendipitously in SRG/eROSITA CalPV observations of the open cluster NGC~2516 as an unrelated X-ray source. An X-ray timing and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-09 Samet Ok , Georg Lamer , Axel Schwope , David A. H. Buckley , Jaco Brink , Jan Kurpas , Dusán Tubín , Iris Traulsen

In course of the search for the optical identifications associated with ROSAT X-ray sources we have found a highly variable object with the very unusual long-term behavior, color indices and high X-ray-to-optical flux ratio. We report the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 D. V. Denisenko , A. J. Drake , S. G. Djorgovski , T. V. Kryachko , A. V. Samokhvalov , A. Yu. Tkachenko

We report the discovery of a new AM Herculis binary (polar) as the optical counterpart of the soft X-ray source RX J1724.0+4114 detected during the ROSAT all-sky survey. The magnetic nature of this V~17 mag object is confirmed by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jochen Greiner , Robert Schwarz , Wolfgang Wenzel

The spectra of several X-ray binary pulsars display a clear soft excess, which in most cases can be described with a blackbody model, above the main power-law component. While in the high-luminosity sources it is usually characterized by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 N. La Palombara , L. Sidoli , P. Esposito , A. Tiengo , S. Mereghetti

We present the first X-ray observations with the XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL satellites of the recently discovered cataclysmic variable 1RXSJ173021.5-055933, together with simultaneous UV and coordinated optical photometry aiming at…

We report the discovery of a new, bright (V = 17 mag) AM Her system as the optical counterpart of the soft ROSAT All-Sky-Survey source RX J1846.9+5538 (= 1RXS J184659.4+553834). Optical photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Schwarz , J. Greiner , G. H. Tovmassian , S. V. Zharikov , W. Wenzel

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

We report on the discovery of a new pulsating X-ray source during Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations of a low galactic latitude field centered at RA (J2000) = 19 hr 05 m 43 s and Dec (J2000) = +08 deg 58 arcmin 48 arcsec. Significant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Marsden , D. E. Gruber , W. A. Heindl , M. R. Pelling , R. E. Rothschild

We present time-resolved photometry of a cataclysmic variable discovered in the Isaac Newton Telescope Photometric Halpha Survey of the northern galactic plane, IPHAS J062746.41+014811.3 and classify the system as the fourth deeply…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Aungwerojwit , B. T. Gänsicke , P. J. Wheatley , S. Pyrzas , B. Staels , T. Krajci , P. Rodríguez-Gil

In search for the counterpart to the Fermi-LAT source 3FGL J0838.8-2829, we performed a multi-wavelength campaign, in the X-ray band with Swift and XMM-Newton, performed infrared, optical (with OAGH, ESO-NTT and IAC80) and radio (ATCA)…

We report the discovery of 1RXH J082623.6-505741, a 10.4 hr orbital period compact binary. Modeling extensive optical photometry and spectroscopy reveals a $\sim 0.4 M_{\odot}$ K-type secondary transferring mass through a low-state…

We report the discovery of a bright (V ~ 15), eclipsing, two-pole accreting magnetic cataclysmic variable (CV), a polar, as counterpart of the eROSITA and Gaia transients eRASSt 192932.9-560346 and Gaia21bxo. Frequent large amplitude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 Axel Schwope , David A. H. Buckley , Adam Malyali , Stephen Potter , Ole König , Riccardo Arcodia , Mariusz Gromadzki , Arne Rau

We report the discovery of 1RXS J173006.4+033813, a polar cataclysmic variable with a period of 120.21 min. The white dwarf primary has a magnetic field of B = 42+6-5 MG, and the secondary is a M3 dwarf. The system shows highly symmetric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Varun B. Bhalerao , Marten H. van Kerkwijk , Fiona A. Harrison , Mansi M. Kasliwal , S. R. Kulkarni , Vikram R. Rana

We present spectroscopy and photometry of the LMC supersoft binary system RX~J0513.9-6951. We derive a refined spectroscopic period of P$=0.761\pm0.004$~d, which is consistent with the value obtained from long term photometric monitoring…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 K. A. Southwell , M. Livio , P. A. Charles , D. O'Donoghue , W. J. Sutherland

We present the results of our X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical follow-up campaigns of 1RXS J165424.6-433758, an X-ray source detected with the \textit{Swift} Deep Galactic Plane Survey (DGPS). The source X-ray spectrum (\textit{Swift} and…

The X-ray source XSS J12270-4859 has been first suggested to be a magnetic cataclysmic variable of Intermediate Polar type on the basis of its optical spectrum and a possible 860 s X-ray periodicity. However further X-ray observations by…

Space Physics · Physics 2012-02-14 J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud , D. de Martino , M. Mouchet , M. Falanga , T. Belloni , N. Masetti , K. Mukai , G. Matt

We present the results of a photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the Galactic Bulge Survey X-ray source CXOGBS J174954.5-294335 (hereafter, referred to as CX19). CX19 is a long period, eclipsing intermediate polar type cataclysmic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-17 Christopher B. Johnson , M. A. P. Torres , R. I. Hynes , P. G. Jonker , C. Heinke , T. Maccarone , C. T. Britt , D. Steeghs , T. Wevers , Jianfeng Wu