(cba:news) CP Dra - a new UGSU type variable (fwd) (Joe Patterson) [2001-02-25T19:57:39Z]
Dear CBAers,
This sure looks like a winner to me! Let's help out our Old World
friend with photometry of this newly discovered superhumper. Coords in
Tonny's other message.
joe
Dear colleagues,
I'm conducting a CCD photometry session on CP Dra, using the 0.35-m f/6.3
telescope at CBA Belgium Observatory [2001, February 24/25]. FITS images are
acquired with an ST-7 CCD camera without filters, and are instanteneously
processed and reduced (aperture photometry). After 2.5 hours of working, the
resulting real-time light curve already clearly shows the presence of a 0.31
mag modulation, to be attributed to superhumps. A first rough estimate of
the superhump period yields a value of 0.0687 +- 0.0007 d.
The above observations thus establish CP Dra as a new member of the UGSU
type of cataclysmic variables !
Further high-speed photometry is highly recommended, to settle the precise
superhump period value. Support from other observatories would be highly
appreciated.
Best regards,
Tonny Vanmunster
CBA Belgium Observatory