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cataclysmic variable [¦kad·ə¦kliz·mik ′ver·ē·ə·bəl]

(astronomy)

A star showing a sudden increase in the magnitude of light, followed by a slow fading of light; examples are novae and supernovae. Also known as explosive variable.

In particular, a short-period binary star, one of whose components is a white dwarf star, capable of irregularly timed but recurrent outbursts of brightness by 2 to 10,000.

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No references found	The survey data includes 185 cataclysmic variable stars, which is about three out of every four such objects discovered over the same time span and more than the Sloan Digital Sky Survey found in six years. Catalina Sky Survey finds 700 "optical transients" and 177 supernovae by Asian News International Introduction Dwarf novae are a class of cataclysmic variable (CV) star in which a white dwarf primary accretes material from a secondary star via Roche lobe overflow. SDSS J162718.39+120435.0--a dwarf nova a in the period gap by Shears, Jeremy; Brady, Steve; Gansicke, Boris; Krajci, Tom; Miller, Ian; Ogmen, Yenal; Pietz, Jochen / Journal of the British Astronomical Association Stellar astrophysics: Cataclysmic Variable Stars Prof Warner and Dr Woudt continued the work on cataclysmic variable (CV) stars, involving a fair amount of high-speed photometry from the Southern African Large Telescope, with a particular emphasis on rapid oscillations (VW Hyi) and pulsations (GW Librae) in accreting white dwarfs. University of Cape Town: Astronomy Department--2007 annual report by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa	CAT scanner cat scratch disease Cat Snakes cat's eye cat's paw cat's-eye cat, Dick Whittington's cat-and-mouse engine Cat1 Cat2 cata-condensed polycyclic catabasion catabasis catabiosis Catabolism catabolite catabolite repression catachosis Catachresis Cataclasis cataclasite cataclastic metamorphism cataclastic rock cataclastic structure cataclysm cataclysmic variable catacomb Catacomb Culture Catacombs Catacombs of St. Calixtus catacumba catadioptric Catadioptric Systems Catadioptric Telescope catadromous catafalque catagelophobia Catagenesis Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge Catahoula Parish Catal Huyuk Çatal Hüyük Catalan Catalan art Catalan conjecture Catalan forge Catalan language Catalan literature Catalan numbers Catalan School Catalani, Angelica	catachrestic catachrestical catachrestical catachrestical catachrestically catachrestically catachrestically catachronobiology Cataclasis Cataclasis Cataclasite Cataclasm Cataclastic Cataclastic cataclastic metamorphism cataclastic rock cataclastic structure cataclinal cataclysm cataclysm cataclysm cataclysmal cataclysmal cataclysmal cataclysmic cataclysmic cataclysmic Cataclysmic Binary Cataclysmic geology Cataclysmic geology cataclysmic variable Cataclysmic variable star Cataclysmic Variables Alert Programme cataclysmically cataclysmically cataclysmically Cataclysmist cataclysms cataclysms cataclysms Cataclysmus Cataclysmus Cataclysmus Cataclysmus Cataclyzm Cataclyzm Cataclyzm catacomb catacomb Catacomb culture Catacombe Catacombe Catacombes Catacombes Catacombs Catacombs Catacombs of St. Calixtus Catacoomb Catacoomb Catacoombe Catacoombe

The survey data includes 185 cataclysmic variable stars, which is about three out of every four such objects discovered over the same time span and more than the Sloan Digital Sky Survey found in six years.

Catalina Sky Survey finds 700 "optical transients" and 177 supernovae by Asian News International

Introduction Dwarf novae are a class of cataclysmic variable (CV) star in which a white dwarf primary accretes material from a secondary star via Roche lobe overflow.

SDSS J162718.39+120435.0--a dwarf nova a in the period gap by Shears, Jeremy; Brady, Steve; Gansicke, Boris; Krajci, Tom; Miller, Ian; Ogmen, Yenal; Pietz, Jochen / Journal of the British Astronomical Association

Stellar astrophysics: Cataclysmic Variable Stars Prof Warner and Dr Woudt continued the work on cataclysmic variable (CV) stars, involving a fair amount of high-speed photometry from the Southern African Large Telescope, with a particular emphasis on rapid oscillations (VW Hyi) and pulsations (GW Librae) in accreting white dwarfs.

University of Cape Town: Astronomy Department--2007 annual report by Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

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