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Kepler K2 and TESS Observations of Two Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables: The New Asynchronous Polar SDSS J084617.11+245344.1 and Paloma

  • Authors: Colin Littlefield, D. W. Hoard, Peter Garnavich, Paula Szkody, Paul A. Mason, Simone Scaringi, Krystian Ilkiewicz, Mark R. Kennedy, Saul A. Rappaport, Rahul Jayaraman

Colin Littlefield et al 2023 The Astronomical Journal 165 .

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Average of three SDSS spectra of J0846, including one obtained during the K2 observation, showing very strong He II λ4686 emission and single-peaked emission lines. Both are commonly observed features in spectra of polars. Overall, this spectrum is similar to the one reported in Szkody et al. (2006), except that He I emission is more pronounced here. The absorption feature near 5200 Å is attributable to MgH from the secondary. As discussed in Section 3.5, we estimate the secondary’s spectral type to be between K5 and M0, with K7 being the most likely classification.

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