[vsnet-alert 28053] outburst of LINEAR 23795703 - a CV of uncertain type in UMa

The object LINEAR 23795703 = Gaia DR3 861540207303947776 = P_2.74a is listed as EW with the range 16.41 - 16.94 CV in the VSX https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=322585 However, El-Badry et al. (2021) https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.508.4106E/abstract identified it as an eclipsing cataclysmic variable (their object P_2.74a) that showed an outburst in 2015 according to ASAS-SN. El-Badry et al also present a spectrum and radial velocity curve.

LINEAR 23795703 was found in outburst again on 2025-03-25.8886 UTC having CV=14.0 +/-0.1 in NMW survey images (135mm f/2.0 telephoto lens + unfiltered ST-8300M CCD).

Best wishes, Kirill Sokolovsky for the NMW team