NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2013A-0197
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PI: Frederick M. Walter, Stony Brook University, frederick.walter@stonybrook.edu
Address: Physics Department, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800, USA
CoI: Ashley Pagnotta, AMNH
CoI: Stella Kafka, American Institute of Physics
Title: Photometric Periods of Recent Southern Novae
Abstract:
We initiated a program to follow the temporal evolution of novae
using the SMARTS facilities in 2003. Since then we have followed the
evolution of the 68 galactic novae, resulting in the ``Stony
Brook/SMARTS Atlas of mostly Southern Novae", a spectroscopic and
photometric database. The next step is to undertake a systematic search
for orbital periods. We propose here for a week of classical time on
the 0.9m to search for photometric periods in the range of a few hours
to a few days; we have identified two systems with periods of 1.1 and
5.2 hours. Our targets are recent novae visible in the A semester,
mostly in the galactic center region. This complements our continuing
longer-term SMARTS monitoring of these systems as they approach
quiescence.
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