Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of the New Eclipsing Polar ASASSN-16me
Abstract
We have obtained time-resolved photometry and low-resolution spectroscopy of the optical transient ASASSN-16me, which we classify as an eclipsing polar. In such a system, a highly magnetized white dwarf (WD) accretes from a nearby companion star, and its magnetic field channels the accretion flow onto a compact accretion region on the WD's photosphere.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016ATel.9764....1L
- Keywords:
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- Cataclysmic Variable;
- Transient