ASASSN-19fy: Features of a Dwarf Nova in the “Period Gap”

Abstract

Photometric studies of the dwarf nova ASASSN-19fy in the “period gap” were carried out in 2020-2021 over 24 nights at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences and 3 nights at the Sanglokh International Astronomical Observatory of the Institute of Astrophysics, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. The observations covered a superoutburst, two successive rebrightenings, and a slow return to the pre-outburst (quiescent) state. During this time, superhumps were observed, in the evolution of which the stages of developed superhumps “B,” their damping “C,” and a transition between them were identified. The average period of the superhumps in stage “B” was 0.09278(13) days and it was found its increase during this stage at a rate of (dP / dT) / P = 10·10^–5. In stage “C” the period of the superhumps was equal to 0.092289(15) days. It is shown that ASASSN-19fy is the twelfth object to join the group of long-period dwarf novae similar to WZ Sge-type stars.