[vsnet-alert 22499] Re: ASASSN-18rg can be an AM CVn star
Taichi Kato
tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Sat Sep 8 10:38:10 JST 2018
Re: ASASSN-18rg can be an AM CVn star
> The short orbital period of 0.032 d = 46 min and the "double superoutbursts"phenomenon
> suggest that this object is the best candidate of the helium-rich CV, namely AM CVn star.
The SDSS colors are OK for an AM CVn object.
The Gaia parallax suggests a rather bright outburst
(but with a large error).
Observations at this moment are extremely important.
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