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Two-channel Photometry of Cataclysmic Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Denis J. Sullivan*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600 Wellington, New Zealand

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.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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