[vsnet-outburst 22622] 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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