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arxiv: astro-ph/0210458 · v1 · submitted 2002-10-21 · 🌌 astro-ph

Nova Scorpii 1941 (V697 Sco): A Probable Intermediate Polar

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V697 Sco, the remnant of Nova Scorpii 1941 and currently at V ~ 20.0, is found from photometric observations to have the characteristics of an intermediate polar (IP) with an orbital period (Porb) of 4.49 h and a rotation period (Prot) of 3.31 h. It therefore appears to be a member of the rare class of IPs where Prot ~ Porb, which are probably discless systems. The prominence of the modulation at 0.5 Prot, and its orbital sidebands, indicates two-pole accretion.

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