[vsnet-alert 19999] ASASSN-16hg: double superoutburst

Keisuke Isogai isogai at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Wed Jul 27 07:58:01 JST 2016


ASASSN-16hg: double superoutburst

     Josch Hambsch and Kyoto U. team have reported new observations.
The object showed a double superoutburst which is a characteristic of
a period bouncer candidate. The stage A superhump period is
0.062344(34) d and the most likely period of the early superhumps is
0.061426(48) d. Thus the estimated mass ratio is 0.037(4) whish suggests
that the object is a period bouncer. Further observations are encouraged.



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