Associazione Romana Astrofili

157 FRASSO SABINO 42,22945555N 12,81150555E 465m s.l.m.

Observations and Orbits of Comets

Minor Planet Observations [157 Frasso Sabino]

U Sco 2010 outburst: a new understanding of the binary accretion disk and the secondary star

We present optical and NIR spectroscopic observations of U Sco 2010 outburst. From the analysis of lines profiles we identify a broad and a narrow component and show that the latter originates from the reforming accretion disk. We show that the accretion resumes shortly after the outburst, on day +8, roughly when the super-soft (SSS) X-ray phase starts. Consequently U Sco SSS phase is fueled (in part or fully) by accretion and should not be used to estimate $m_{\mathrm{rem}}$, the mass of accreted material which has not been ejected during the outburst. In addition, most of the He...

Life after eruption - I. Spectroscopic observations of 10 nova candidates

We have started a project to investigate the connection of post-novae with the population of cataclysmic variables (CVs). Our first steps in this concern improving the sample of known post-novae and their properties. Here we present the recovery and/or confirmation of the old novae MT Cen, V812 Cen, V655 CrA, IL Nor, V2109 Oph, V909 Sgr, V2572 Sgr and V728 Sco. Principal photometric and spectroscopic properties of these systems are discussed. We find that V909 Sgr is a probable magnetic CV, and that V728 Sco is a high-inclination system. We furthermore suggest that the two candidate...

2012 JO4