[vsnet-chat 8] Re: V Sgr - new cataclysmic?

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Mati Morel wrote:

> Now some information recently sent to me by a colleague in 
> the US describes LS 5077 as a "cataclysmic binary, range
> V = 9.5 -13.6". Scientific papers have appeared on this star
> as follows:
> Herbig, et al ApJ, 141, 617, 1965 - spectroscopic analysis.
> Simon, Astron. Astrophys. 309,775-776, 1996 - possible period
> changes based on observations over 31 years.

    This is probably caused by confusion with V Sge (V Sagittae), which
is a famous eclipsing variable of unique cataclysmic nature.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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