[vsnet-alert 24140] Re: ASASSN-15kd: new SU UMa-type dwarf nova

Sat Apr 4 05:14:35 JST 2020

 ASASSN-15kd (UGSU)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=409369

The position measured by Tonny is in excellent agreement with the
Gaia DR2 position for Gaia DR2 4276717778105656320 (Gmag. 16.3)
and the position from Gaia Photometric Science Alerts:
http://gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk/alerts/alert/Gaia18coj/

Regards,
Patrick
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     Am Freitag, 3. April 2020, 21:49:07 MESZ hat Tonny Vanmunster tonny.vanmunster at gmail.com via vsnet-outburst <vsnet-outburst at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Folgendes geschrieben:  

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Hi John,

Thanks for mentioning. The 17th mag G star and ASASSN-15kd must be two different objects. Here's my astrometry of ASASSN-15kd (J2000.0, residuals 0.2"):

RA = 18h 21m 34.64s

Dec = +02° 03’ 07.0”

ASASSN-15kd is showing a remarkable decline rate of ~0.26 mag/day, which is high for a SU UMa-type dwarf nova. I therefore waited to report below findings, till I had a second night of superhumps confirmation. I combined both nights of observations to the below phase diagram,  folded on the reported period. I believe it's the obvious signature of superhumps.

Best regards

Tonny 

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Subject: [vsnet-alert 24139] Re: (cba:chat) ASASSN-15kd: new SU UMa-type dwarf novae

I took a spectrum of a roughly 17th mag star on this position in 2017 March, and found it to be an ordinary G star.

This is very likely a chance superposition; the CV evidently gets much fainter than this star, so its range of variability is larger than it might appear.

John Thorstensen

On Fri, 3 Apr 2020, Tonny Vanmunster wrote:

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> Dear colleagues,

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> I have collected 4 nights of unfiltered CCD observations of 

> ASASSN-15kd (2020, Mar 25/26, 29/30, Mar 31/Apr 01 and Apr 02/03), using my CBA Belgium Observatory and CBA Extremadura Observatory telescopes.

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> During the first two nights, there was hardly any periodic modulation 

> in the observations. However, the data from Mar 31/Apr 01 and Apr 02/03 show well developed superhumps with an amplitude of 0.18 mag, hence establishing ASASSN-15kd as new SU UMa-type dwarf nova.

>  Using 4 different period analysis methods [Lomb-Scargle, Generalized 

> Lomb-Scargle, PDM, ANOVA] (Peranso 3.0), the combined superhump period is 0.0843 +/- 0.0045d. ASASSN-15kd was at mag 16.8 (CV ) on Apr 03rd.

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> Observations will be sent to AAVSO, CBA and VSNET for further analysis.

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> Follow-up observations are highly recommended to refine the superhump period and to study its further evolution.

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> Best regards

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> Tonny

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> Tonny Vanmunster

> CBA Belgium Observatory

> CBA Extremadura Observatory

> www.cbabelgium.com

> www.peranso.com

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