Events in Physics
Julie Skinner: Results from a Search for Nearby Cataclysmic Variable Stars and Related Systems
Location: P5.23
We have undertaken a study to identify nearby cataclysmic variables (CVs) and related objects in the solar neighborhood through a proper motion based approach. We start with the new SUPERBLINK proper motion survey, which is sensitive down to 40 mas/yr and select candidates from this using Near-UV magnitudes from GALEX, K magnitudes from 2Mass, and V magnitudes derived from Digital Sky Survey plates. We present results from numerous observing runs at the MDM Observatory with both the 1.3m McGraw-Hill Telescope and the 2.4m Hiltner including a new cataclysmic variable and a sample of 169 newly discovered white dwarf main sequence binaries.