(cba:news) IM Nor and T Pyx (Joe Patterson) [2025-04-12T14:50:25Z]

Hi CBAers,

I'm writing  to stress two stars which stand apart from all other CVs - 
recurrent novae of very short Porb.  They're anomalies because their RN 
eruptions are frequent, indicating a high Mdot - despite a very short 
Porb.  We have to keep tracking them, to see if they maintain the high 
dP/dt we have found in the past (likely indicating high Mdot).

AM CVn is easy for northern observers at 14.2, and is in perfect 
observing position now.

joe
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