CVNET 

Cataclysmic Variables Network

ACTIVITY AT A GLANCE

Last updated 15:55 UT on April 19, 2025

(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 email lists.

New outbursts and unusual activity reported in the last 5 days


YYYYMMD

20250419

V503 Cyg


20250418

OY Car

YZ Cnc

CL Pup

SS UMi

DDE 76


20250417

V342 Cen

V485 Cen

GZ Cnc

BI Ori


20250416

DM CMa

HL CMa

SV CMi

WX Hyi

DV TrA

ASASSN-14je




# indicates a noteworthy or unusual activity

:  indicates confirmation required
* indicates time-resolved photometry required











CV News

TCP J08374922+0134065: new WZ Sge-type dwarf nova with large early superhump amplitude

VSNET-ALERT 28055

April 7, 2025

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AAVSO Alert Notice 889

Photometry in support of TESS and Swift Observations of common-envelope post-novae

Active Dates: April 1, 2025 – June 29, 2025

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AAVSO Alert Notice 891

V1159 Ori coverage needed to monitor for outburst to trigger radio observation

Active Dates: April 1, 2025 – April 15, 2025

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Outburst of LINEAR 23795703 - a CV of uncertain type in UMa

VSNET-ALERT 28053   Kirill Sokolovsky

March 26, 2025

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AAVSO Alert Notice 858

SS Cyg monitoring requested

April 2, 2024


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Recent Papers on CVs

For new papers on CVs see arxiv.org astro-ph


Updated 10 April, 2025


ASASSN-14dx: A cataclysmic variable harbouring a massive pulsating white dwarf

Pasi Hakala, Ingrid Pelisoli, Boris T. Gaensicke, Pablo Rodriguez-Gil, Thomas R. Marsh, Elme Breedt, John R. Thorstensen, Anna F. Pala



Hydrodynamic Predictions for the Next Outburst of T Coronae Borealis: It will be the Brightest Classical or Recurrent Nova Ever Observed in X-rays

S. Starrfield, M. Bose, C. E. Woodward, C. Iliadis, W. R. Hix, A. Evans, G. Shaw, D. P. K. Banerjee, T. Liimets, K. L. Page, T. R. Geballe, I. Ilyin, I. Perron, R. M. Wagner


GOTO065054+593624: a peculiar dwarf nova identified in real time via Kilonova Seekers

T. L. Killestein, G. Ramsay, M. Kennedy, L. Kelsey, D. Steeghs, S. Littlefair, B. Godson, J. Lyman, M. Pursiainen, B. Warwick, C. Krawczyk, L. K. Nuttall, E. Wickens, S. D. Alexandrov, C. M. da Silva, R. Leadbeater, K. Ackley, M. J. Dyer, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, K. Ulaczyk, D. K. Galloway, V. S. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. P. Breton, E. Pallé, D. Pollacco, A. Kumar, D. O'Neill, T. Butterley, R. Wilson, S. Mattila, A. Sahu, R. Starling, C. Y. Wang, Q. Liu, A. Li, Z. Dai, H. Feng, W. Yuan, R. Billington, A. G. Bull, S. Gaudenzi, V. Gonano, H. Krawczyk, M. T. Mazzucato, A. Pasqua, J. A. da Silva Campos, M. Torres-Guerrero, N. N. Antonov, S. J. Bean, E.T. Boeneker, S. M. Brincat, G. S. Darlington, F. Dubois, F.-J. Hambsch, D. Messier, A. Oksanen, G. Poyner, F. D. Romanov, I. D. Sharp, T. Tordai, T. Vanmunster, K. Wenzel


Bridging the Gap: OPTICAM Reveals the Hidden Spin of the WZ Sge Star GOTO 065054.49+593624.51

N. Castro Segura, Z. A. Irving, F. M. Vincentelli, D. Altamirano, Y. Tampo, C. Knigge, I. Pelisoli, D. L. Coppejans, N. Rawat, A. Castro, A. Sahu, J. V. Hernández Santisteban, M. Kimura, M. Veresvarska, R. Michel, S. Scaringi, M. Najera


Superoutbursts and Positive Superhumps are Detected During the Standstill in AT Cnc

Qi-Bin Sun, Sheng-Bang Qian, Li-Ying Zhu, Qin-Mei Li Fu-Xing Li, Min-Yu Li, Ping Li


The Rise of Nova V1674 Herculis

Robert M. Quimby, Brian D. Metzger, Ken J. Shen, Allen W. Shafter, Hank Corbett, Madeline Overton


3D physical structure and angular expansion of the remnant of the recurrent nova T Pyx

E. Santamaría, J. A. Toalá, M. A. Guerrero, G. Ramos-Larios, L. Sabin


Discovery of a nova super-remnant cavity surrounding RS Ophiuchi

M. W. Healy-Kalesh, M. J. Darnley, E. J. Harvey, A. M. Newsam


Period bouncers as detached magnetic cataclysmic variables

Matthias R. Schreiber, Diogo Belloni, Jan van Roestel


A trio of month long flares in the nova-like variable V704 And

Gabriella Zsidi, , C. J. Nixon, , T. Naylor, , J. E. Pringle, and K. L. Page


The peculiar ejecta of Nova V1425 Aquilae

C. Tappert, L. Celedón, L. Schmidtobreick


TESS light curves of cataclysmic variables -- III -- More superhump systems among old novae and novalike variables

Albert Bruch


The recurrent nova T CrB had prior eruptions observed near December 1787 and October 1217 AD

Bradley E. Schaefer


Recurrent Symbiotic Nova T Coronae Borealis Before Outburst

N.A. Maslennikova, A.M. Tatarnikov, A.A. Tatarnikova, A.V. Dodin, V.I. Shenavrin, M.A. Burlak, S.G. Zheltoukhov, I.A. Strakhov


Symbiotic star T CrB as an extreme SU UMa type dwarf nova

Krystian I lkiewicz, Joanna Miko lajewska, and Kiril A. Stoyanov


A catalogue of cataclysmic variables from 20 years of the Sloan

Digital Sky Survey with new classifications, periods, trends and

oddities.

Keith Inight, Boris T. Gänsicke, Elmé Breedt, Henry T. Israel, Stuart P. Littlefair,

Christopher J. Manser, Tom R. Marsh, Tim Mulvany, Anna Francesca Pala,

John R. Thorstensen


The B & V Light Curves for Recurrent Nova T CrB From 1842--2022, the Unique Pre- and Post-Eruption High-States, the Complex Period Changes, and the Upcoming Eruption in 2025.5±1.3

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


Testing the third body hypothesis in the Cataclysmic Variables LU Camelopardalis, QZSerpentis, V1007 Herculis and BK Lyncis

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



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