Spectroscopic Classification of ASASSN-16do as a CV
ATel #8969; Jay Strader, Laura Chomiuk, Laura Shishkovsky (Michigan State University)
on 19 Apr 2016; 08:19 UT
Credential Certification: Jay Strader (strader@pa.msu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 8987
We obtained an optical spectrum of ASASSN-16do (ATel #8888) on UT April 17.07 with the Goodman Spectrograph on the SOAR telescope. The source has a blue continuum and broad double-peaked Balmer and He 5875 emission at z~0, with an H-alpha FWHM of about 2400 km/s. This value is high for a CV and suggests the source is observed close to edge-on.
