IAUC 6106 available at Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAUC 6106 available at Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.

Eclipsing binary (EB) systems showing double lines in their spectra are excellent sources of knowledge about structure and evolution of stars. The analysis of photometric and spectroscopic data in such double systems provides very accurate values for the absolute properties of both stars, as well as clues about their internal structure, their

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 syndrome'. A modulation of the equivalent width of the emission lines with a period of 23.33 min has been detected. This, together with the strong He IIλ4686 emission characteristic of magnetic

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 temperatures with time, never reaching optically thin conditions or showing increasing ionization and a nebular stage. The latest spectral type recorded is M8-9. The amplitude peaked at ΔV

IAUC 8241 available at Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.

As part of our ongoing NTT SoFI survey for variability in young free-floating planets and low-mass brown dwarfs, we detect significant variability in the young, free-floating planetary-mass object PSO J318.5–22, likely due to rotational modulation of inhomogeneous cloud cover. A member of the 23 ± 3 Myr β Pic moving group, PSO J318.5–22 has Teff =