CVNET 

Cataclysmic Variables Network

ACTIVITY AT A GLANCE

Last updated 09:05 UT on May 01, 2024

(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 5 days


YYYYMMDD


20240430

SY Cap

V436 Car

V342 Cen

V373 Cen

DM CMa

HL CMa

V729 Sgr

NY Ser

ASASSN-16jx

NSV 11274


20240429

RU LMi


20240428

V793 Ara

V442 Cen

V1040 Cen

RX Cha

V1008 Her

V392 Hya

VW Hyi

AD Men

CN Ori

BV Pup

SY Vol

NSV 18024

SSS 100511:061754-362655 


20240427

V416 Dra

RZ LMi

SS UMi

OU Vir

NSV 14581



# indicates a noteworthy or unusual activity

:  indicates confirmation required
* indicates time-resolved photometry required











CV News


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AAVSO Alert Notice 853

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AAVSO Alert Notice 838

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Recent Papers on CVs

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


Updated 13 February, 2024


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Period bouncers as detached magnetic cataclysmic variables

Matthias R. Schreiber, Diogo Belloni, Jan van Roestel


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C. Tappert, L. Celedón, L. Schmidtobreick


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

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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

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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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