Forwarded by permission from Dr. Cieslinski. Dr. Cieslinski has told that the paper mentioned is to be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplements Series. From deo@das.inpe.br Sat Mar 7 05:17 JST 1998 Date: Fri, 6 Mar 98 17:19:46 EST From: deo@das.inpe.br (Deonisio Cieslinski) To: tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: [vsnet 1307] Southern CV candidates Cc: deo@das.inpe.br Content-Type: text Content-Length: 873 Dear Dr. Taichi Kato, We have seen your e-mail about southern CV candidates selected from irregular variable stars (Steiner et al. 1988, ASP Conf. Ser. 1, 67). We would like to make some comments about these stars since we have observed them. The photometric data we have for V729 Sgr show that it is an eclipsing cataclysmic variable with an orbital period of 0.173 d. For V617 Sgr the photometric and spectroscopic observations indicate an orbital period of 4.97 hours. We have also data for V342 Cen (photometry), CZ Aql (photometry and spectroscopy), V1082 Sgr (photometry and spectroscopy), ST Cha (photometry), while for V730 Sgr we have only few photometric data. At the moment we are preparing papers for V617 Sgr, V729 Sgr and CZ Aql and in the near future for V1082 Sgr and V342 Cen. Possibly, V1082 Sgr is a symbiotic star. Best regards, Deonisio Cieslinski