We report the discovery of a bright (V ~ 15), eclipsing, two-pole accreting magnetic cataclysmic variable (CV), a polar, as counterpart of the eROSITA and Gaia transients eRASSt 192932.9-560346 and Gaia21bxo. Frequent large amplitude changes of its brightness at X-ray and optical wavelengths by more than 4 magnitudes was indicative of a CV nature of the source. Identification spectra obtained with the 10m SALT telescope revealed the typical features of a magnetic CV, strong, broad HeI, HeII and hydrogen Balmer emission lines superposed on a blue continuum. Time-resolved photoelectric polarimetry revealed circular polarization to vary from -20% to +20%, and linear polarization from 0% to 10% confirming the system to be magnetic CV of the polar subclass. High cadence photometry revealed deep, structured eclipses, indicating that the system is a two pole accretor. The orbital period determined from the eclipse times is 92.5094 +- 0.0002 min. The X-ray spectrum is thermal only and the implied luminosity is L_X=2.2 x 10^(31) erg/s at the Gaia-determined distance of 376 pc.
The evolutionary history of ultra-compact accreting binaries. I. Chemical abundances and formation channel of the eclipsing AM CVn system ZTF J225237.05-051917.4 from HST spectroscopy
Hamburg Observatory, University of Hamburg(汉堡天文台,汉堡大学);European Southern Observatory(欧洲南方天文台);Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University(德克萨斯理工大学物理与天文学系);Department of Physics, University of Warwick(华威大学物理系);Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, University of Kiel(基尔大学理论物理与天体物理研究所);São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Engineering and Sciences(圣保罗州立大学(UNESP)工程与科学学院);The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science(卡内基科学机构天文台);Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara(加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校物理系);Departamento de Física, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María(费德里科·圣玛丽亚技术大学物理系);Institute of Science and Technology Austria(奥地利科学技术研究所);Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam(阿姆斯特丹大学安东·潘农克天文研究所)
Circular polarimetry of suspect wind-accreting pre-polars II
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield(谢菲尔德大学物理与天文学系);Armagh Observatory and Planetarium(阿马赫天文台和行星馆);Department of Physics, University of Warwick(华威大学物理系);Hamburger Sternwarte, University of Hamburg(汉堡天文台,汉堡大学)
IPHAS J190812.63+045728.1: A deeply eclipsing, X-ray bright cataclysmic variable with frequent outbursts
Universidade Federal de Sergipe(塞尔希培联邦大学);Observatório Nacional(国家天文台);Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica(国家天体物理实验室);NASA/GSFC(美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心);University of Maryland, Baltimore County(马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校);Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais(国家空间研究所)