The first near-infrared detection of XTEJ1118 + 480 in quiescence

Mikołajewska, Joanna; Rutkowski, Artur; Gonçalves, D. R.; Szostek, Anna
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 362, Issue 1, pp. L13-L15.

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2005
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4
IAC number of authors
1
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12
Refereed citations
11
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We report the first quiescent detection of KV UMa, the optical counterpart of XTEJ1118 + 480, in the near-infrared. The observed magnitudes and colours are consistent with a K7-M0V star, at the distance of 1.4 +/- 0.2 kpc. The light curve shows strong orbital modulation with possible contamination from a superhump detected in the quiescent optical light curves.
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