Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-10-2001
Publication Title
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We present spectroscopic and photometric observations of the cataclysmic variable CW 1045+525. Both the optical spectrum and the photometric lightcurve show a strong contribution of a K5V–M0V secondary. We derive an orbital period Porb = 0.271278(1) d by measuring the radial velocities of the absorption lines of the secondary. The period and spectral type of the secondary suggest a distance of 350–700 pc. There is evidence for additional sources of line- and continuum emission, but no direct evidence of an accretion disc. We discuss several scenarios for the nature of CW 1045+525 on the basis of our results, finding a dwarf nova classification to be the most probable, although not completely satisfying, explanation for the observed characteristics.
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361:20011441
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Tappert, C.; Thorstensen, J. R.; Fenton, W. H.; and Bennert, N., "The Cataclysmic Variable CW 1045+525: A Secondary-Dominated Dwarf Nova?" (2001). Dartmouth Scholarship. 538.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/538
