[vsnet-alert 5091] RX J2315.5-3049 outburst - WZ Sge-like? (Augusteijn)

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 12:31:12 +0100
From: Thomas Augusteijn <tau@ing.iac.es>
Subject: [vsnet-campaign 0] RX J2315.5-3049 outburst

Dear all,

this source has been independently found in the Calan-Tololo 
objective prism plate survey. From follow-up photometry and 
spectroscopy we have found an orbital period of 0.058 day.
The quiescent light curve of the source is very similar to
that of WZ Sge, including a narrow ~0.3 mag eclipse (which
in the case of WZ Sge is probably an eclipse of the hot spot). 
Given the short orbital period this source is most likely a 
SU UMa type dwarf novae and superhumps should be detected if 
this is a superoutburst.

Regards,

Thomas Augusteijn 
Claus Tappert (University of Padova)
Jose Maza (University of Santiago)
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