Astrophysical: Novae

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    V348 Puppis: a new SW Sex star in the period gap
    We present time-resolved optical spectroscopy and photometry of the nova-like cataclysmic variable V348 Puppis. The system displays the same spectroscopic...
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    V458 Vul (Nova Vul 2007) becomes a highly-variable supersoft X-ray source
    Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT) monitoring observations of V458 Vul (Nova Vul 2007, S. Nakano, IAUC 8861) have found it to be entering a new phase characterised by...
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    V533 Herculis: the second SW Sex old nova displaying emission-line flaring
    We present high-time-resolution spectroscopy of the non-eclipsing old nova V533 Herculis (N Her 1963). It is the second nova remnant affected by the `SW Sex...
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    V795 Her: an SW Sex star in the period gap?
    We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the nova-like variable V795 Her. The emission lines exhibit an extremely complex structure consisting of...
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    V838 Mon and the new class of stars erupting into cool supergiants (SECS)
    V838 Mon has undergone one of the most mysterious stellar outbursts on record. The spectrum at maximum closely resembled a cool AGB star, evolving toward cooler...
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    Very high-energy γ-ray observations of novae and dwarf novae with the MAGIC telescopes
    Context. In the last five years the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument detected GeV γ-ray emission from five novae. The GeV emission can be interpreted...
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    VLT/FORS spectroscopy of faint cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
    We present medium-resolution VLT/FORS2 spectroscopy of six cataclysmic variables (CVs) discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We determine orbital...
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    When the disc's away, the stars will play: dynamical masses in the nova-like variable KR Aur with a pinch of accretion
    We obtained time-resolved optical photometry and spectroscopy of the nova-like variable KR Aurigae in the low state. The spectrum reveals a DAB white dwarf (WD)...
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    X-ray confirmation of the intermediate polar HT Cam
    We report on the first pointed X-ray observations with XMM-Newton and RXTE satellites of the X-ray source RX J0757.0+6306 = HT Cam. We detect a strong 515 s X...