AAS 199th meeting, Washington, DC, January 2002
Session 62. Dwarf Novae and Other Cataclysmic Variables
Display, Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 9:20am-6:30pm, Exhibit Hall

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[62.12] Long-term Light Curves of Cataclysmic Variables from ROTSE-I

K.E. McGowan (LANL), C. Akerlof, S. Amrose (University of Michigan), D. Casperson, G. Gisler (LANL), R. Kehoe, B. Lee (University of Michigan), S. Marshall (LLNL), T. McKay (University of Michigan), W. Priedhorsky (LANL), E. Rykoff, D. A. Smith (University of Michigan), W.T. Vestrand, P. Wozniak, J. Wren (LANL)

While the ROTSE-I telescope array was designed to respond to gamma-ray burst triggers, nightly automatic sky surveys were performed to ensure system readiness and monitor data quality. During its 4 years of operation ROTSE-I has collected more than 3 terabytes of monitoring data for the northern sky. This database provides a valuable opportunity to study the long-term behaviour of cataclysmic variables. We present light curves of several sources, in particular the remarkable recurrent outbursts of the dwarf nova SY Cancri.


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