FLOYDS Classification of MASTER OT J003831.10-640313.7 as a Dwarf Nova
ATel #8611; Yi Yang, Lifan Wang, Peter J. Brown (Texas A&M/Mitchell Institute), G. Hosseinzadeh, I. Arcavi, D. A. Howell (LCOGT/UCSB)
on 30 Jan 2016; 04:25 UT
Credential Certification: Yi Yang (yiyangtamu@gmail.com)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Nova, Transient
We obtained a spectrum of MASTER OT J003831.10-640313.7 (ATel #8596) on 2016 January 29.4 UT with the robotic FLOYDS instrument mounted on the LCOGT 2-meter telescope in Siding Spring, Australia. The spectrum shows narrow Balmer absorption (H-alpha 656.3 nm, H-beta 486.1 nm, H-gamma 434.0 nm) and possibly a He II 468.6 nm emission feature superimposed on a strong blue continuum, consistent with the spectrum of the dwarf nova SS Cygni.
