Two Confirmed Cataclysmic Variables in the Old Stellar Cluster NGC 6791

Details Two Confirmed Cataclysmic Variables in the Old Stellar Cluster NGC 6791 Two Confirmed Cataclysmic Variables in the Old Stellar Cluster NGC 6791

1997-05-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9705199v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to the ApJ Letters, 12 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/304960

Based on new CCD photometry and spectroscopy we confirm the presence of two cataclysmic variables (CVs) in the very old open cluster NGC 6791. One of these variables, known as B8, was observed by Rucinski, Kaluzny & Hilditch (1996) to undergo a large magnitude outburst in 1995. The spectrum of this star outside the outburst, obtained by us with MMT, shows clearly the emission lines characteristic for dwarf novae. We observed the second star, known as B7, to undergo large ($\sim3 mag$) drop in its brightness over $\sim 10 days$. The spectrum of B7 obtained in the high state resembles spectra of nova-like CVs. This star a likely member of UX~UMa subtype of CVs. Variables B7 and B8 represent only the second and the third cataclysmic variables known in open clusters. Variable B7 has observational characteristics which would make it difficult to identify as a CV with some of the methods being currently used in surveys for CVs in globular clusters.

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