Two-channel photometry of cataclysmic variables.
Abstract
High-speed photometry of two cataclysmic variables is presented. The observations were made using a two-channel photometric system and the Mt John 0.6 or 1-m telescopes at Lake Tekapo in New Zealand. Both objects have only recently been identified as cataclysmic variables. One of the objects is a high inclination system featuring a deep eclipse in the light curve and a 5.5 hour period, while the other object, despite being relatively faint, clearly exhibits a 2.5 hour period and out of eclipse variability. Simultaneous monitoring of a nearby comparison star for this latter object was particularly beneficial, even during good photometric conditions.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1991PASA....9..302S
- Keywords:
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- Accretion Disks;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- Main Sequence Stars;
- White Dwarf Stars;
- Light Curve;
- Stellar Mass Accretion;
- Stellar Models;
- X Ray Sources;
- Astronomy