CVNET
Cataclysmic Variables Network
ACTIVITY AT A GLANCE
Last updated 15:54 UT on 29 March 2023
(All objects mentioned in this section are in the International Variable Star Index; additionally, VSX links have been given for selected cataclysmic variables)
'Activity at a Glance' is gleaned from observations reported to AAVSO MyNewsFlash, BAAVSS-Alert, CVnet-Outburst, VSObs-share and VSNET-outburst. We sincerely thank all the observers who contribute timely observations and reports of activity to these ema il lists.
New outbursts and unusual activity reported in the last 72 hours
YYYYMMDD
20230330
IY UMa (eclipsing)
20230328
SV CMi
LX Cnc:
YZ Cnc
V1251 Cyg#
AB Dra
IX Dra:
X Leo
MV Leo:
V344 Lyr:
ASASSN-15su:
Wils SDSSJ073208.11+413008.7
Wils SDSSJ091147.02+315101.8:
20230327
TZ Per
SU UMa
ASASSN-13ay
SDSS J100515.39+191108.0
# indicates a noteworthy or unusual activity
: indicates confirmation required
* indicates time-resolved photometry required
CV News
SSS 100511:061754-362655 observations scheduled with HST
March 15, 2023
Coverage needed of MU Cam in current low state
March 15, 2023
T Pyx monitoring requested for upcoming HST observations
February 28, 2023
Alert Notice 813: Nova in Sagittarius: N Sgr 2023 = TCP J17562787-1714548
February 21, 2023
Monitoring requested for 12 dwarf novae in support of HST observations in 2022-2023
19 October, 2022
T Pyx monitoring requested for upcoming HST campaigns
5 July 2022
Monitoring requested for 15 VY Scl CVs in support of HST observations
14 September 2021
Recent Papers on CVs
For new papers on CVs see arxiv.org astro-ph
Updated 10 March 2023
Bradley E. Schaefer
A magnetic valve at L1 revealed in TESS photometry of the asynchronous polar BY Cam
Paul A. Mason, Colin Littlefield, Lorena C. Monroy, John F. Morales, Pasi Hakala, Peter Garnavich, Paula Szkody, Mark R. Kennedy, Gavin Ramsay, Simone Scaringi
Carlos E. Chavez, Nikolaos Georgakarakos, Andres Aviles, Hector Aceves, Gagik Tovmassian, Sergey Zharikov, J. E. Perez-Leon, Francisco Tamayo
V392 Persei: a γ-ray bright nova eruption from a known dwarf nova
F. J. Murphy-Glaysher, M. J. Darnley, É. J. Harvey, A. M. Newsam, K. L. Page, S. Starrfield, R. M. Wagner, C. E. Woodward, D. M. Terndrup, S. Kafka, T. Arranz Heras, P. Berardi, E. Bertrand, R. Biernikowicz, C. Boussin, D. Boyd, Y. Buchet, M. Bundas, D. Coulter, D. Dejean, A. Diepvens, S. Dvorak, J. Edlin, T. Eenmae, H. Eggenstein, R. Fournier, O. Garde, J. Gout, D. Janzen, P. Jordanov, H. Kiiskinen, D. Lane, R. Larochelle, R. Leadbeater, D. Mankel, G. Martineau, I. Miller, R. Modic, J. Montier, M. Morales Aimar, E. Muyllaert, R. Naves Nogues, D. O'Keeffe, A. Oksanen, M. Pyatnytskyy, R. Rast, B. Rodgers, D. Rodriguez Perez, F. Schorr, E. Schwendeman, S. Shadick, S. Sharpe, F. Soldán Alfaro, T. Sove, G. Stone, T. Tordai, R. Venne, W. Vollmann, M. Vrastak, K. Wenzel
Romanov V48: unusual intermediate polar in the period gap
Taichi Kato (Kyoto U), Filipp D. Romanov
Transients from the Cataclysmic Deaths of Cataclysmic Variables
Brian D. Metzger, Yossef Zenati, Laura Chomiuk, Ken J. Shen, Jay Strader
U. Munari & P. Valisa
Yusuke Tampo, Daisaku Nogami, Taichi Kato, Kazuya Ayani, Hiroyuki Naito, Norio Narita, Mitsugu Fujii, Osamu Hashimoto, Kenzo Kinugasa Satoshi Honda, Hidenori Takahashi, Shin-ya Narusawa, Makoto Sakamoto, Akira Imada
Periodic modulations during a long outburst in V363 Lyr
Taichi Kato
MP Gem: VY Scl-type star, finally
Taichi Kato
E. Aydi, K. V. Sokolovsky, J. S. Bright, E. Tremou, M. M. Nyamai, A. Evans, J. Strader, L. Chomiuk, G. Myers, F-J. Hambsch, K. L. Page, D. A. H. Buckley, C. E. Woodward, F. M. Walter, P. Mróz, P. J. Vallely, T. R. Geballe, D. P. K. Banerjee, R. D. Gehrz, R. P. Fender, M. Gromadzki, A. Kawash, C. Knigge, K. Mukai, U. Munari, M. Orio, V. A. R. M. Ribeiro, J. L. Sokoloski, S. Starrfield, A. Udalski, P. A. Woudt
MGAB-V859 and ZTF18abgjsdg: ER UMa-type dwarf novae showing standstills
Taichi Kato, Naoto Kojiguchi (Kyoto U)
The role of complex ionized absorber in the soft X-ray spectra of Intermediate Polars
Nazma Islam, Koji Mukai
The Detailed Light Curve Evolution of V1674 Her (Nova Her 2021)
R. M. Quimby, A. W. Shafter, H. Corbett
A. Álvarez-Hernández (1,2), M. A. P. Torres (1,2), P. Rodríguez-Gil (1,2), T. Shahbaz (1,2), G. C. Anupama (3), K. D. Gazeas (4), M. Pavana (3,5), A. Raj (6), P. Hakala (7), G. Stone (8), S. Gomez (9), P. G. Jonker (10,11), J.-J. Ren (12), G. Cannizzaro (10,11), I. Pastor-Marazuela (13,14), W. Goff (15), J. M. Corral-Santana (16), R. Sabo (17) ((1) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, (2) Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, (3) Indian Institute of Astrophysics, (4) Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, (5) Department of Physics, Pondicherry University, (6) Dept. of Physics & Astrophysics, University Road, University Enclave, (7) Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), Quantum, University of Turku, (8) First Light Observatory Systems, (9) Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, (10) SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, (11) Department of Astrophysics / IMAPP, Radboud University, (12) CAS Key Laboratory of Space Astronomy and Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, (13) Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam, (14) ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, (15) American Association of Variable Star Observers, (16) European Southern Observatory, (17) American Association of Variable Star Observers)
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